Comments on: SCRAM Bracelet Falsely Triggered by Hairspray

By: lisa

lisa — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:14:30 +0000

I have had the bracelet on for 5 days now. I have been trying very hard to watch what products I use. The thing I’m concerned about is having sex with my boyfriend. He does drink often and I have been getting mixed advice on weather or not it will show up as a reading. Does anyone know for sure?

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By: Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:37:07 +0000

I received a phone call on monday this week the SCRAM lady nancy asked what I had been doing over the weekend I had just woken up so I really couldnt think of what I had been doing that weekend I know I had my friend Nick over and he was proud because he has just recently decided to get sober from alcohol and was on his three week mark I remember saying to him haha yea well you got a few more months of catching up to do before your up there with me. Besides the usual saturday cleaning everything was pretty regular about the day. I received another phone call on a thursday following from Nancys superior Mary who demanded that I come in before 4pm or a warrant would be issued for my arrest. I sat racking my brain because I swear on everything I love and am I havent consumed a single molecule of alcohol to my knowledge after a good half hour i went into my bathroom and looked at my old spice body spray BAAAAM there it was ALCOHOL DENATURE is what it says on the bottle but in the midst of getting ready for the day and not recieving a phone call right away I am at fault here. Needless to say I tried to call back the probation office and nobody would answer the phones. I knew if I went in there they would throw me in jail so WARREN COUNTY I WILL BE THERE TUESDAY MORNING TO LET THE JUDGE KNOW FIRST HAND HOW SENSITIVE THESE BRACELETS ARE IT SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW TO PUT THESE ON PEOPLE I FEEL IT VIOLATES MY RIGHTS AS A HUMAN BEING BEFORE LAW OR ANYTHING WE AS ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE GUARANTEED CERTAIN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND I FEEL LIKE I DONT EVEN HAVE ANY. bet I will be sitting in jail tuesday after I see the judge cuz I dont have a lawyer that wants to defend me just Rob Kaufman and even though he put in the jury demand I know he isnt even close to giving me a hundred percent I guess thats just the way it is when you have a PUBLIC PRETENDER…

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:20:05 +0000

My husband has been on house arrest for 5 months now. He has got a 6 month sentence. He got the sentence for Evading and Eluding not DUI. They actually had a problem about 4 months in and had to switch out his monitor, because it wasnt supposedly working right. So, about a week ago we had gotten a phone call about 11:15pm. At which time we were in bed. It was in fact the monitoring station, asking where he is was at approximately 10:30 that evening. Well first of all they should know, isn’t that part of being on house arrest? They know if you are home or not. Which of course he was in fact home. Sleeping on the couch. Then they proceeded to tell him that a reading came in saying his alcohol levels were very high, that is why they were calling. He proceeded to explain that he hadn’t been, that he was sleeping and even offered to go to the hospital and take a blood/ urine test, whichever. They told him it was not necessary and also told him he would be hearing from his probation officer within the next two days, that was on a Saturday. did finally hear from her on Wednesday and she said that her supervisor wanted to see him. So he went in the following Friday. At that time the supervisor had told him that it had definitely came up as alcohol and it had come up alcohol again on 3 separate occasions that same week with 1 pending. Wtf? He had not been drinking. He works at a Chevrolet car dealership and doesn’t get home till 9pm then we watch tv and go to bed. He doesn’t have time for anything let alone drink. My husband had told him, ” Why on earth would I have no problem the past 4 months and all of a sudden this? Especially in my last month? Do you think I really want to mess this up, when I am almost done?” They said, “Well we have scientists willing to go on the stand and testify that it was in fact alcohol and who do you think the judge and jury will believe? So consider this your warning, if it happens again you will go to jail.” This is the most awful thing ever. I know and he knows that he hasn’t drank but they are saying he definitely is consuming alcohol. I am such a nervous wreck anymore and pray that it won’t show up again. So the system is definitely flawed.

By: Al Russ

Al Russ — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:35:47 +0000

My name is Al, I had a false reading while wearing the Scram bracelet. I did not drink and had no desire too drink, on the day I was recorded as having drank it was between 4pm – 11pm, the clerk that read the report stated it was so low she thought it was environmental but she was not sure and decided to have one of her superiors take a look and the outcome it was equivalent too drinking one drink for about 8 hours. During that time I was at a dinner party and some drinking was taking place however I did not drink. Also I used jergens body lotion on my body/legs also I had applied a water repellent solution to protect my boots from the weather . The outcome I was issued a court sanction which involves a 6 month stay in a rehabilitation center. I believe this Scram system is flawed and no one is taking the time to prove it wrong/flawed. Please if you know someone who has facts to prove this system wrong ,please come forward.