BI TAD featured at national conference
Boston, Mass. – When thousands of corrections professionals gather in Boston at the influential National Association of Drug Court Professionals 16th annual training conference, alcohol deterrence will be an enormous issue. As a result, BI Incorporated, a national provider of technology, treatment and training services for community-based offenders, will place significant emphasis on BI TAD, a device that continuously monitors for alcohol consumption through a noninvasive skin sensor worn on an offender’s ankle. The conference will be held June 2-5 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.
BI TAD, or Transdermal Alcohol Detector, also includes radio-frequency monitoring capabilities, meaning individuals on the system can be monitored for curfews and alcohol use with the same device. TAD’s highly accurate and reliable alcohol monitoring system is a valuable tool for states and counties whose court systems and correctional facilities are clogged with DUI and DWI offenders. TAD is a water-resistant, battery-operated device worn around the ankle 24 hours a day. The TAD sensor rests against the offender’s skin. If an offender drinks alcohol while wearing a TAD ankle bracelet, the sensor detects a “drinking event” via sensible perspiration (sweat) and insensible perspiration (vapor) emitted through the skin. The bracelet transmits data to a receiver installed in the offender’s home. This data is transmitted to a host computer which then disseminates and distributes the information to supervising authorities as needed.
“BI has provided remote alcohol detection solutions to community corrections agencies since 1994, but TAD is the first device to integrate radio frequency, or house arrest technology, with alcohol detection technology into a single device,” said Jock Waldo, BI Vice President of Marketing.
BI partnered with respected engineering and research firm Giner, Inc., of Newton, Mass., for the sensor technology within the TAD unit. Formed in 1973, Giner has been at the forefront of electrochemistry research and transdermal sensing technology that offers rapid sampling since the 1990s.
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