DUI? (Deputy Under the Influence)
Under terms of the contract, a deputy or other department employee can have a BAC level up to .04 percent an remain on duty.
According to Terry Jenkins, director of chemical dependency at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind., a 180-pound man drinking 2.25 beers within a hour would reach a BAC of .04 percent.
Board Member Gene Hays said he understood some people would oppose the .04 percent BAC level as too lenient. But he maintained there has to be a margin allowed for errors in testing; if the board tried to establish a zero-level standard, he said it would not stand up in court.
