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Problems with breath testing
machines
"If there was knowledge of this prior and it did
not get brought forward, you have to question why it did not get
brought forward."
MBA President-elect Robert
W. Harnais, MetroWest Daily News, August 8
Harnais was quoted in a story about ongoing problems with breath
testing machines across the state. According to this story,
officials at the Office of Alcohol Testing were aware of software
errors with breath testing machines as early as February 2014. This
story also ran in several other news outlets.
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Of note:
- The Judicial Youth Corps (JYC) program in Worcester was
featured on Charter TV3 on August 6 (Story begins at the
8:20 mark). JYC gives urban high school students an opportunity to
experience the judicial system and learn about the law through
educational sessions and hands-on internships in the courts. A
collaboration of the Supreme Judicial Court and the MBA, the
program is offered statewide in Boston, Worcester and Springfield.
The Massachusetts Bar Foundation is the primary sponsor of the
Worcester program. MBA member and Worcester JYC coordinator James
W. Rosseel is interviewed in the story.