Victoria Police has suspended all drug and booze bus operations due to fears random testing could spread coronavirus.
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On Monday afternoon, Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton told media that the decision had been made following advice from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Despite the decision, he said police would be highly visible throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We are visible and will be visible right through this," he said.
"So don't drink and drive, don't use drugs and drive because we will be out there enforcing."
Commissioner Ashton said highway patrol and other units would still be out on the road conducting preliminary breath and drug tests but with precautions in place.
The equipment used to conduct these tests - breathalysers and drug tests - must be thoroughly sanitised after use while officers will also wear some protective equipment.
"This is just a different way of delivering the [tests].
"We don't want the community to be under any misapprehensions that we are not out there testing, not out there trying to enforce the road rules or not out there trying to discourage drink and drug driving.
"We are still committed to that. We know the consequences to community safety of not doing that so we intend to continue because it is our responsibility to commitment to keeping the community safe."
The decision comes after mounting pressure last week, including from the Police Association Victoria.
The Police Association had raised concerns about members breath testing drivers over fears it was a high-risk activity that could spread the virus.
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