Ravenwood - 03/27/06 05:00 PM
Fairfax Virginia tried this a few years ago. Basically the cops are saying that being drunk is still a crime and there's no place better to catch a drunk than at a bar. Of course it's all done in the name of safety.
Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness, [Alcoholic Beverage Commission Carolyn] Beck said.Pre-emptive arrests; such a novel idea. I'm no legal scholar, but isn't driving a fundamental component of DWI? As long as people have a sober ride home, and aren't getting rowdy, what is the problem?The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.
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There may be laws against public drunkenness, but isn't a bar private property? Unless the bar owner is requesting the law enforcement assistance, I don't see how "detain[ing] drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car" can be legal. Bunch of lazy cops.
In addition, they've been arresting people in motel bars - even though they had got a room in the same establishment and obviously weren't going to be driving.
Posted by: markm at March 28, 2006 12:07 PMI guess the Texas cops are going to get to learn about the designated decoy, then.
Posted by: Kevin Baker at March 28, 2006 1:34 PMBy their logic, one should be in fear of arrest for indecent exposure in a public bathroom.
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