Idaho corrections officials, who do not have a union, can only avoid being fired for their first drug offense if they gain the approval of the Department of Corrections director to be suspended and seek treatment voluntarily. The employee's only recourse against a positive drug test is to pay for a second test at another certified laboratory. Idaho's clear explanation of the substance abuse testing requirement in its job announcements for corrections officials has not resulted in any applicants testing positive so far. The tool will give detectives, supervisors, and in the future, officers in squad cars, access to mugshots and fingerprints, hyperlinks to incident reports in a specific district and booking numbers, and possibly hypertext links to booking sheets and biographical information. It is closed off to the Internet by a firewall, and a password and username are necessary in order to gain access.
Encryption is available upon request.
CFC113 was banned because it is based on chloro-fluorocarbon, a substance that damages the ozone layer. Unfortunately, many of the alternatives are highly flammable, are too slow, and only identify about half as many prints, whereas CFC113 is non-flammable, dries quickly, and has a minimal effect on ink and security markers so it can be used on paper. Both formulas have tested to be at least as effective as CFC113 without causing detrimental effects to the environment. A provincial U.K. police force is conducting field trials that are expected to be complete by early 2001. This discovery is a relief to many law enforcement agencies which have begun to run low on CFC113.