In 2018, PACTS was awarded a a grant by the Secretary of State for Transport to run a competition to encourage the development of mobile breath testing instruments which meet Home Office type approval requirements. Lion Laboratories were the only manufacturers to have met the requirements of the MEBTI competition and have been awarded £94,500 for meeting the requirements of stage 3 and submitting their technology for testing within the agreed timeframe. Jamie Hassall, PACTS Executive Director, says, ‘We believe that HOTA is possible by the end of the year with these device being available to the police from early 2025.’
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