The mayor of Houston has halted the mandatory blood draw program that was going to begin in Houston. Police officers were preparing to be able to draw blood of suspected drunken drivers and were testing the program on inmates.
The police department received a grant that would train officers to be able to draw blood at the scene, instead of waiting for registered nurses to do it.
Training for the officers began in February but, the mayor has now halted the program because the idea of police officers actually drawing the blood has been a controversial idea from the start.
Although, the police department has “No Refusal” weekends, which have a judge on stand by to sign a warrant and get the blood drawn from a person, police officers will not actually begin drawing blood.
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