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WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- Drunken-driving arrests in Washington have plunged as authorities wrangle over who should run a new testing program, records show.
The district's old breath testing equipment was found to be inaccurate last year, and police spent $90,000 to replace it, The Washington Post reported.
But the machines are sitting idle because the city cannot decide who should run the testing program. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has asked the medical examiner to take over, but that office says it lacks the money, staff and expertise.
The department has resorted to urine tests for suspected drunk drivers, which cost $75 apiece, compared with less than $10 per breath test.
Drunken-driving arrests for the first quarter of 2011 were down by about 40 percent from the same period last year, the police union said.
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