News Releases and Coverage
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Minneapolis-based Precision Kiosk Technologies today announced that three additional counties in the Dakotas have begun using its AB Kiosk® system to conduct 24/7 Sobriety monitoring: Lawrence and Yankton counties in South Dakota, and Stark County in North Dakota. In the past year, seven 24/7 Sobriety Programs have made the switch to this fully automated breathalyzer […]
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Pandemic Prompts More Sheriff’s Offices to Deploy Automated Kiosks
Minneapolis-based Precision Kiosk Technologies today announced that the Covid-19 pandemic has prompted four additional law enforcement agencies to deploy its AB Kiosk® system to conduct court-mandated alcohol monitoring: The 24/7 Sobriety programs managed by the Sheriff’s Offices of Brown and Brookings Counties in South Dakota; the Police Department of Ferndale, Michigan; and the Commonwealth of […]
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Codington and Minnehaha counties in South Dakota will become the first counties in the State to coordinate and conduct court-mandated alcohol monitoring using the autonomous AB Kiosk® system.
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Sioux Falls Argus Leader
COVID-19 prompts Minnehaha County Jail to use automatic alcohol monitoring
Minnehaha County, along with Codington County, received stand-alone kiosks from a Minneapolis-based company, Precision Kiosk Technologies, so participants can come to the jail on their own and do the test, without physical contact with a deputy.
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In this age of the Covid-19 virus, law enforcement jurisdictions have begun using AB Kiosks® to autonomously conduct their alcohol monitoring programs, thereby eliminating face-to-face interactions between staff and clients.
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Precision Kiosk Technologies Expands AB Kiosk Distribution Into Louisiana
Minneapolis-based Precision Kiosk Technologies announced that it has named Innovative Monitoring Network as an Authorized Distributor for AB Kiosk® system in Louisiana.
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Across the U.S., jail administrators are releasing inmates to reduce their jail populations as they plan for the arrival of the coronavirus. The AB Kiosk system can be used to monitor those inmates who are being released into the community.
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Lenawee County Becomes the First County in Michigan to Use AB Kiosks for Alcohol Monitoring
Minneapolis-based Precision Kiosk Technologies, together with its exclusive Michigan service partner JSG Monitoring, announced today that Lenawee County has become the first county in Michigan to use the AB Kiosk® system to coordinate and conduct alcohol monitoring of DUI offenders and other clients of the court.
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WTHR 13 TV News, Indianapolis
Marion County installs kiosks for offenders to check in without probation officer
Marion County is now using technology to help streamline the check-ins some criminal offenders on parole. New kiosks have been installed at the City County building downtown. The kiosks allow some offenders on probation to check-in instead of meeting directly with a probation officer.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper
Edina firm’s breathalyzer kiosk touted as game changer for authorities, parolees
Pennington County law enforcement authorities in the county seat of Thief River Falls, Minn., this month installed an electronic kiosk that can accurately measure for alcohol. It’s a low-cost move that they, and court officials in 10 Wisconsin counties since 2018, believe will help them free sheriff’s deputies and probation officers from daily checks of low-level offenders.
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Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio Profiles Precision Kiosk Technologies
Counties across Wisconsin are using automated kiosks to conduct Breathalyzer tests for people required to take part in court-mandated alcohol screening. The kiosks use fuel cell technology to monitor blood alcohol content, and tests are taken without the presence of a supervisor. Minneapolis-based Precision Kiosk Technologies is offering the automated systems across at least eight counties, including Racine, Door, St. Croix and Sawyer counties.
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WEAU TV 13, Eau Claire, Wis.
WEAU News Covers Use of the AB Kiosk at Chippewa County Jail in Wisconsin
A new piece of equipment is helping give jailers in Chippewa County more time to perform other duties. An automated breathalyzer kiosk went into operation Friday at the jail. This new machine comes at no cost to the sheriff's department.