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Sask. gov't buying 15 roadside drug test units for local police, RCMP

Nine of the devices — which cost $6,000 each — will go to RCMP while six municipal police forces, including the Saskatoon Police Service and Regina Police Service, will receive one each.

ALEX MACPHERSON, SASKATOON STARPHOENIX Updated: November 19, 2018

The provincial government is planning to spend tens of thousands of dollars on 15 roadside drug screening devices, which will then be distributed to municipal police forces and Saskatchewan RCMP.

Public procurement documents show the province expects to pay around $144,000 for the Draeger DrugTest 5000 devices — which are reusable — and a “rolling” number of one-time-use collection kits over two years.

Ministry of Corrections and Policing spokesman Noel Busse said nine of the devices — which cost $6,000 each — will go to RCMP and six municipal police forces, including the Saskatoon Police Service and Regina Police Service, will each receive one.

Police forces in Moose Jaw, Estevan, Weyburn and Prince Albert will each also receive one unit.

The money for the contract with Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. comes from a federal allotment, Busse said.

Roadside saliva-testing devices became legal after the federal government passed Bill C-46, which amended the Criminal Code to deal with driving offences ahead of the legalization of recreational marijuana on Oct. 17.

The federal Liberals have touted the devices as an important new tool for cracking down on drug-impaired driving.

The Draeger DrugTest 5000 is currently the only such device approved for use on Canada’s roads, but some police forces have taken a skeptical view, particularly when it comes to cost and cold-weather performance.

“The issue around keeping the swabs at a right temperature is problematic in our current climate,” Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau told the National Post in September.

“Once we buy one, we have to equip each police cruiser with one of these devices and that’s not practical at this time,” Bordelau said, referring to the price tag attached to each device.

According to the procurement documents, a saliva sample that tests positive for THC — the active ingredient in marijuana — or cocaine, combined with an officer’s observations, “would likely provide grounds for the investigation to proceed further.”

Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper has said the force plans to acquire “one or two” of the units. He said the force is “going to give (the Draeger device) a try and see how it functions for us,” even though it is likely “there will be other options to look at later on.”

Saskatoon police spokeswoman Kelsie Fraser on Monday confirmed that the force has no plans to purchase additional units.

“The Draeger is the only screening device that is federally approved so until such time as screening devices get that designation, we won’t be looking at or testing others,” Fraser said.

Saskatoon police “are going to give (the Draeger device) a try and see how it functions for us,” even though it is likely “there will be other options to look at later on, as the science catches pace with the legislation,” Cooper said.

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