High Times

Study Finds Field Drug Test False Positive Results Lead to Wrongful Arrests

Tens of thousands of people are wrongfully arrested for crimes based on a false positive result from a field drug test each year, according to a recent study by researchers at the University of ...
Yahoo

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office discovers cocaine field-testing kits faulty, creating false positives

In a statement released by JSO, during a drug investigation in the Duval County pre-trial detention facility, a narcotics detective found that multiple over-the-counter substances were indicating ...
News4Jax

JSO ends use of cocaine testing kits after false positives found by narcotics detective

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Thursday announced it discovered during a drug investigation that the field-testing kits it uses to test for cocaine were indicating false ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Study: Nearly 1,000 Georgians wrongly busted due to false positive drug field tests

ATLANTA - A new study from the Penn Cary Law School at the University of Pennsylvania suggests 961 Georgians each year are falsely arrested because law enforcement wrongly trusted the results of a ...
Action News Jax

Jacksonville man said he was falsely accused, field-test kits in question after false positives

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville man says he was falsely accused of drug possession. This comes after JSO’s announcement yesterday that the field-test kits they’ve been using produced false ...
WOKV

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office discovers cocaine field-testing kits faulty, creating false positives

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has said that the department discovered field-testing kits for cocaine indicated false positives. In a statement released by JSO, during a drug ...