I-Team: Commerce cop on paid leave after wrongly trusting roadside drug test
By Randy Travis Published February 6, 2024 COMMERCE, Ga - The Commerce Police Department placed one of its officers on paid administrative leave after he made a drug arrest using a roadside test the police chief said was inaccurate. It's just the latest example the FOX 5 I-Team has uncovered over the years; Law enforcement agencies in Georgia putting innocent people in jail because of a false positive drug field test on some common item found during a traffic stop. FULL STORY: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/commerce-officer-on-paid-leave-after-wrongly-trusting-roadside-drug-test
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