He was incarcerated in January 2010 after failing to take mandatory alcohol breath tests.
Paul airport, both voluntarily underwent alcohol breath tests, which proved negative, the report said.
RoSPA's Duncan Vernon welcomed the increase in breath tests but said the figures were still "shocking".
But police carried out almost twice as many breath tests than the previous year.
It requires anyone arrested for a second drunken-driving charge to submit to two alcohol breath tests daily.
Durham Police carried out 1, 799 breath tests between 1 December and 31 December, of which 52 were positive.
Paul, both voluntarily underwent alcohol breath tests, which proved negative, the report said.
Even in Humberside, where the percentage of positive breath tests fell, the police said this was no cause for celebration.
North Wales Police carried out the highest number of breath tests at 18, 780, with 107 people testing positive, failing or refusing.
It is not long before Lown fails a series of breath tests, but even after a final warning he is not convinced by the officers' stance.
Environment committee chairperson Cathal Boylan called for a rural transport strategy combined with random breath tests, and expressed support for free soft drinks for designated drivers.
The science behind the test itself is not new - many researchers have been working on the possibility of breath tests for a number of cancers, including lung.
Meredydd Hughes, Acpo's lead on road policing and chief constable of South Yorkshire Police, said the number of breath tests carried out had increased by almost 10% during "the most productive drink-drive campaign to date".
After his arrest tests showed a reading of 188mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
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