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Bexar DA stepping into probation department urinalysis fiasco

I've been critical of Bexar County DA Susan Reed in the past, so I've got to give the devil her due. ;) According to Greg Harman writing the San Antonio Currentthe DA?s office has stopped prosecuting probationers solely on the results of an initial dirty urinalysis. [ADA Cliff] Herberg said too many questions have been raised about Treatment Associates? testing to trust the results. The District Attorney?s office is now investigating complaints that Treatment Associates employees accepted bribes for clean test results. ?We do not want somebody being arrested in a system we don?t have confidence in,? he said. Good for the District Attorney, that was the right move. I'm quite relieved to learn Reed stopped prosecuting based solely on unconfirmed probationer UAs after the false positive problem emerged last year...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 30, 2009 (boomark / email).