Members of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) have received a report from the Mayor on the proposal of a alcohol sobriety scheme for London:
'The compulsory alcohol sobriety scheme is an enforcement approach providing specific powers for the court to order sobriety as an order for alcohol related violence offences. The Mayor is tabling an amendment to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill for changes in the current law to enable the courts to make this order. The compulsory alcohol requirement will involve twice daily testing and failure of the test will result in immediate breach and sanctions, such as custody.'
'It is based around some key principles:
- The judges opt to use compulsory sobriety as a sentencing option instead of choosing to incarcerate offenders.
- The convicted individual is required to check into a designated venue twice daily to be breathalysed for alcohol consumption.
- If the terms of the sentence are breached, the individual is arrested, put into a police cell over night and presented to the judge the following day. The judge has the discretion to decide what happens to the offender, for example incarcerate them, put them back on community sentence etc.
- Individuals pay for their testing.' > > > > Read More
