Hi kettledrum.
Can you please tell me where in the clue
is there any reference to alcohol. It merely
asks for a level of proof.copper fits the police
part and test fits the check part.
So copper test finds a level of proof for
urine content.
Alcoholic proof is a measure of how much ethanol there is in a drink. This one is less cryptic, more joke. Besides, copper doesn't fit with any of the answers going down