London will be the first city in England to test electronic monitoring to force persistent alcohol offenders to stop drinking, Mayor Boris Johnson said today.
Johnson said the programme would use electronic bracelets to detect alcohol in perspiration of people convicted of serious drink-related offences. The trial programme is expected to start later this year.
One police force in Scotland has previously expressed interest in the device.
The mayor’s office says alcohol is a factor in a million violent crimes in Britain annually. The London Ambulance Service responded to nearly 52,000 incidents last year involving alcohol.
Electronic devices which continuously monitor alcohol are used in several US states. Offenders who break their no-drink order can be sent to jail.
Source: thejournal.ie, 11/02/2012
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