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Police faked 258,000 breath tests in shocking 'breach of trust'

The Transport Accident Commission were the first to raise concerns to Victoria Police after they found an anomaly in data late last year, Mr Barrett said.

Mr Barrett said the audit found a suspicious number of breath tests were being conducted in quick succession.

But the faked tests were occurring one after the other.

Governance, controls and audit functions to support preliminary breath test (PBT) compliance and monitoring will be implemented immediately, police said.

But because the devices aren’t assigned to individual officers, it may be impossible to find out which police officers were falsifying the tests.

Up to 4 million alcohol tests are conducted on drivers every year, according to a previous police statement.

Victoria Police were planning to tell the public about the stuff-up early next week after gathering enough information to go public, Mr Barrett said. »

TIL You are 10 times more likely to get bitten by a New Yorker than a shark.

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A Comparison with the Number of Biting Injuries Occurring Annually in New York City.

Biting Injury 1981 1984 1985 1986 1987 Shark injuries in U.S.A. 12 14 12 6 13 Dog bites human 12,656 10,593 9,809 8,870 8,064 Human bites human * 1,589 1,591 1,572 1,587 Cat bites human 826 * 879 * 802 Wild rat bites human 60 * 311 * 291 Squirrel bites human 81 * * * 95 Hamster bites human 52 * * * * Rabbit bites human 37 * * * * Raccoon bites human 18 * * * 11 Horse bites human 18 * * * * Gerbil bites human 17 * 12 * * Lab rat bites human 15 * 9 * * Monkey bites human 11 * * * * Snake bites human 8 * 4 * * Bat bites human 7 * 4 * * Ferret bites human 5 * 5 * 7 Guinea pig bites human 5 * * * * Parrots bite human 5 * 6 * * Blue Jay bites human 2 * * * * Spider bites human * * 2 * * Skunk bites human 1 * * * 3 Parakeet bites human 1 * * * * Opossum bites human 1 * * * * Sea lion bites human 1 * * * * Lion bites human 1 * * * * Ocelot bites human 1 * * * * Lion fish stabs human 1 * * * *.

Source of New York City biting injury data: New York City Health Department statistics quoted by U.P.I. (1982), A.P. (1986) and Newsday (1988). »

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Arkady Babchenko: Ukraine faked murder of journalist

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Arkady Babchenko sent shock waves around the world when he arrived at a news conference on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after being reported dead.

She added that Russia was happy that Babchenko was alive, saying: "I wish it were always like that.".

Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov, a former colleague of Babchenko, said the sting had "crossed a line big time". »

Asus made a crypto-mining motherboard that supports up to 20 GPUs

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Asus announced the H370 Mining Master motherboard today, which is specifically designed for cryptocurrency mining.

It supports up to 20 graphics cards — yes, 20 — along with streamlined connectivity by allowing USB riser cables to plug directly into the PCB over PCIe.

Asus’ approach here is going to make maintenance easier, ensure fewer PCIe disconnects, and more accurate diagnostics. »