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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
State officials say drivers in Bibb and St. Clair counties asked to provide blood, breath and saliva samples were under no undue pressure at roadblocks. Media reports from two weeks ago said drivers in those counties were offered up to $60 to participate in a study to determine if drivers take to American roads with drugs or alcohol in their systems.
Some drivers reported feeling pressured by off-duty law enforcement officers to provide the samples, but state Secretary of Law Enforcement Spencer Collier told the AP on Tuesday that an investigation shows officers had limited contact with participants while researchers collected the samples. According to the AP, Collier said people who were asked to give samples were under no undue pressure to participate in the study and the samples did not influence any arrests.
The study was reportedly not authorized by any state department, however, and Collier recommended to Governor Robert Bentley that the state refrain from participating in the future. Those roadblocks were part of a study by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and the National Highway Safety Administration.
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