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Alcohol Countermeasures Program Staff BiographyArthur Flores
Arthur Flores retired from Government Service in January 2006 and is presently a contractor for the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. During 36 years at the Volpe Center, he managed a laboratory program in support of NHTSA’s alcohol countermeasures effort. Research and evaluations performed in this Laboratory are the basis for maintenance of the NHTSA Conforming Products Lists for evidential breath testers and related police breath test equipment. The Lists are used by the 50 States and certain foreign countries. He developed the NHTSA Model Specifications for evidential breath testers and related equipment under which the above evaluations are conducted. He designed and constructed a breath alcohol sampling system used in the evaluation of submitted breath testers in lieu of the use of drinking human subjects. Arthur initiated and maintained the NHTSA Blood Proficiency Program in which 260 agencies that perform forensic blood alcohol analysis participate. He also was a key worker in the establishment of the International Association for Chemical Testing, a key support group for breath test program managers in the U.S. and other countries. In addition, he is a member of a working group that studied an International Organization for Legal Metrology Recommendation for Evidential Breath Analyzers. He made many recommendations for modification of that document so that it could better harmonize with breath testing as performed in the United States. Upon the request of NHTSA, he has provided expert testimony at a great many pre-trial hearings across the country concerning the reliability of breath test equipment used by police. Prior to coming to the Volpe Center, he worked at the U. S. Navy Propellant Plant in Indianhead MD, the Hawaiian Sugar Planter’s Association in Honolulu Hawaii, and served in the U. S. Army. |
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