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Due Process
AN EDMONTON FIRM IS CHANGING THE WAY POLICE CONDUCT ROADSIDE TESTS FOR IMPAIRED DRIVERS
BY ELIZA BARLOW + PHOTOGRAPHY RYAN PARKER
As Edmonton tech entrepreneur Sam Jenkins delved into the opaque world of policing, building relationships with officers to create a new mobile app, some- thing unexpected happened.
“I developed an empathy that I didn’t realize I needed to have for law enforcement,” he says. “It’s hard work, and things move slowly, and there’s politics.”
Jenkins is managing partner of technology consulting firm Punchcard Systems. He’s also the CEO of Edmonton startup Standard Field Systems, which uses modern technology to update how police officers conduct roadside tests on drivers suspected of being impaired by alcohol or drugs.
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