Transcript SCRAM – Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor

September 25, 2008
PROBATION
ASSOCIATION OF NEW
JERSEY (PANJ)
Separate alcohol from the
offender. . .
and your job will get much easier.
David Connon
Mid-Atlantic Region Manager
Dick Irrer
Director, Northern Region
Alcohol Monitoring Systems Inc.
SCRAM VIDEO
Alcohol Monitoring Systems (AMS)
Corporate office located in Littleton, CO
Company founded in 1997
7 years and $20+ million in R&D
Privately funded
Product introduction in March 2003
100+ employees
AMS Reputation in the Industry
CAM Market Leadership
Largest provider of electronic alcohol monitoring
Strong relationships with national special interest groups:
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
American Probation & Parole Association (APPA)
National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP)
Alcohol – A Difficult Problem for the Criminal Justice System
Legal Substance
Socially Acceptable
Available Almost Anywhere
Driving While Intoxicated (33%)
Domestic Violence (75%)
Other Criminal Behavior(36%)
$184,700,000,000/alcohol abuse
Alcohol : A Difficult Problem for the Criminal Justice System
*Nationally – 12,998 DUI Fatalities in 2007
*New Jersey – 724 DUI Fatalities in 2007
**New Jersey DWI Arrests – 13,359
January – June 2007
**New Jersey Domestic Violence Incidents, 35,589,
January – June 2007
* NHTSA DWI Fatality Statistics
** 2007 NJ Uniform Crime Report
Alcohol – A Difficult Problem for the Criminal Justice System
Some People simply should not drink alcohol
Separating Alcohol from the Offender
Why is it so Difficult?
Rapid Metabolism (Absorption/Elimination)
Need for Consistency
Need for Accuracy
Positive Identification
Incident Reporting
Manpower Intensive
Alcohol – A Difficult Problem for the Criminal Justice System
Alcohol Testing Technologies
Personal Breath Testers
Urine Testing
Remote Breath Testers
Vehicle Ignition Interlock
ALL ARE POINT-IN-TIME
MEASUREMENTS
Why random testing does not work
Alcohol metabolizes quickly
 Offenders can drink around random
breathalyzer tests
Offender is Sober
6 AM
Offender Starts
Drinking
6 PM
Breathalyzer
Test
7 AM Breathalyzer
Test
5 PM
Offender Peaks
0.095
Breathalyzer
Test
7 AM
Unless you're lucky, random point-in-time
testing will miss most drinking events
What Is needed?
Continuous offender
accountability
Automated 24 x 7 testing
Comprehensive next-day
reporting
Court-supported technology
CAM Testing Methods
Alcohol metabolizes quickly
 CAM monitors an offender’s alcohol consumption
continuously, 24x7!
Offender is Sober
6 AM
Offender Starts
Drinking
6 PM
Offender Peaks
0.095
Entire drinking event is recorded
The Role of Continuous Alcohol Monitoring
Assess
 Identify/Direct Offenders to treatment and
supervision
Detect
 Improve Supervision/Intervention
 Separate Compliant from Noncompliant Offenders
Deter
 Offender Accountability – Stay Sober or Else
 Enhance Public Safety
Separate Alcohol From the Offender
Assess
Detect
Deter
At The Core: Responsibility & Accountability
Shift Responsibility/Accountability to Offender
 24 x7 Testing vs. Point in Time Testing
 Cannot Drink Around 24x7 Testing
 Awareness of Testing Increases Successes
 Long-Term Abstinence Increases Success Rates
SCRAM – Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor
Worn on the ankle 24/7
Goes where the offender goes
Tests for alcohol every 30 minutes
Uses transdermal technology to measure
alcohol as it evaporates through the skin
Automatically collects, stores, and
transfers all data to the SCRAM modem
on a predetermined schedule
SCRAM System Components
SCRAM ankle bracelet
 Secured to offenders leg
SCRAM modem
 Plugs into an analog telephone line
 Stores alcohol readings, tamper alerts, and diagnostic
data
 Sends all data to SCRAMNET
SCRAMNET
 Web-based application managed by AMS where offender
data is collected, stored, and analyzed
The SCRAM System
What Does SCRAM Detect?
Alcohol
Tampers/Obstructions
Environmental Interferrants
SCRAM GRAPHS
Non-compliant offender:
SCRAM Detected the Consumption of Alcohol
SCRAM GRAPHS
Non-compliant Offender - Obstruction
SCRAM GRAPHS
Environmental Interferant Detected
Transdermal Alcohol Testing
A percentage of alcohol is excreted
unchanged wherever water is removed from
the body – breath, urine, perspiration, and
saliva
Unaltered alcohol excretion permits an
accurate measurement using both breath and
insensible skin perspiration
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Transdermal Testing
 Used as a screening device to determine whether
a small, moderate, or large amount of alcohol has
been consumed
 Does not produce a specific BAC reading
 Recent studies conclude that transdermal alcohol
readings correlate with BAC readings
 Transdermal testing has a time delay in the
absorption, peak, and elimination of alcohol
Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)
Transdermal Alcohol Content (TAC)
Absorption and Elimination Rates
SCRAM Research
NHTSA
 “Evaluating Transdermal Alcohol Measuring Devices”
University of Colorado Health Sciences
 “Validity of Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring: Fixed and SelfRegulated Dosing” (Sakai JT (2006) Alcohol Clin. Exp. Res.
30:1, 26-33)
Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF)
Other Studies
 National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
(NLECTC)- NW in Alaska
 Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory, LA
 Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC)
SCRAM Usage in the Criminal Justice System
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DUI Offenses
Domestic Violence
Family Court
Underage Drinking
Prison Overcrowding
Condition of Bail
Probation/Parole
Sanction/Sentence
AMS-Supported Court Hearings
SCRAM technology is upheld in court hearings and
challenges across the country
 50 evidentiary hearings in 19 States
 19 hearings resulted in Frye/Daubert rulings
 18 of 19 courts determined that evidence was
admissible
Program Efficiency
100%
8.2%
of non-compliant
offenders
of non-compliant
offenders
14,888
1,226
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of non-compliant
offenders
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SCRAM TODAY*
155,151,236 tests performed
73,533 offenders monitored
SCRAM programs in 46 states
Over 1650 courts and agencies using SCRAM
* As of August 31, 2008
SCRAM Program Objectives
Ensure participants maintain sobriety
Increase accountability of participants through continuous
monitoring
Provide alternatives to court system
Reduce recidivism by addressing root cause of the problem and
modifying behavior
Decrease impact of DUI and alcohol-related cases on the system
Provide evidence-based program statistics
SCRAM Program Summary
Proven Product & Technology
Peer Reviewed
Court Validated
National Acceptance
Addresses Root Cause of Alcohol Problem
Assesses the offender’s alcohol problem
Places compliance responsibility on the offender
Provides for rapid intervention upon violation
Provides constant awareness – deterrence
Successful Program Implementations
Across a broad spectrum of criminal-justice applications
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