Police deal aids drink-driving purge
28 August 2012
If purchasers in the south west of England are unlucky enough to get breathalysed this Christmas, they can at least rest assured that best-practice procurement brought the units to the roadside.
As part of the region’s anti-drink-driving campaign, Avon and Somerset police force has led a consortium of six constabularies in purchasing 1,365 hand-held breathalyser machines and consumables.
Jackie Hart, contracts officer at Avon and Somerset and a lead negotiator in the deal, told SM: “Operation Tonic, Avon and Somerset’s drink-driving campaign which began...