The new Mobile Breath Alcohol Testing Unit, or BATmobile, made a stop at Cook Energy Information Center in Bridgman as part of the Berrien County Health Department's Impaired Driving Summit 2001 on Wednesday. On the outside, the huge white van-like vehicle looks a lot like an ambulance. But one look inside lets you know this vehicle, actually called the BATmobile, is not used for emergency medical transportation.
Handcuffs rest at the bottom of three seats on the left side.
Another set of handcuffs are attached to a single seat opposite those. Further inside sets a BAC Data-Master breath test instrument, a cellphone, fax machine, officer workstations and a video camera. The BATmobile, one of only four such vehicles believed to be in use nationwide, was on display Wednesday morning at the Cook Energy Information Center as part of the Berrien County Health Department's Impaired Driving Initiative. Police Department Sgt. Mark Bos told his audience.