What do you think about cops going into bars and arresting patrons that are drunk? 30 were arrested last week.

Question

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8034788/detail.html

Here's the article. It happenned in Texas. Will it start happening all over the country?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63933-2003Jan16

It happened in Fairfax, Virginia also.

http://www.smokersclubinc.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2939

This article said the police are going to start arresting the servers also.

Answer 1

Looks like they are using the public intox law as a catch 22 inside of a bar. Albeit their intentions were good, but I think their arrests were a bit premature. I’ll admit that some people over do it when in a bar, and some of them get pretty rowdy or annoying, but that’s why they have bouncers. If the inebriated patron refuses to leave or otherwise puts up a fight, then I think the cops should be called. If the cops want to sit outside and wait for drunk patrons to get into driver’s seat, that’s fine. But at least give them a chance to call a cab or produce proof of a designated driver first.

I’d be interested in knowing how that plays out.

Answer 2

I beleive that if the police can arrest patrons inside an establishment for being drunk while in a place for the consumption of alcohol, then next, they will start sending tickets to the homes of people for speeding just because they have a licence and a car, only because everyone drives at least 5 miles over the limit.

Answer 3

There is a difference between drinking to relax and have a good time, and being "drunk". Those that are being arrested posea threat to themselves and others if allowed to get in their cars and leave.

Being the son of a man killed by a drunk driver, I agree totally with this new effort to help kids grow up with both their parents. If this had been done in Virginia back in the earlt 90's my father might have still been alive today.

This will remind patrons to regulate their drinking to remain at a level wich allows them to retain better judgement and recognize they are themselves unsafe to drive. Beyond a certain point and the alchohol makes you think you are still ok. it is thes stumbeling, slurred speech, totally waisted individuals who are responsible for 99% od the drunk driving accidents in the US which is the #1 cause of deaths in this country.

Answer 4

i think it's a shame that the cops would have to go into the bars and arrest potential drunks that might hurt or kill others... not. i don't agree with the cops to go in and arrest them, but maybe if they had the spy's follow or radio the police outside that are waiting for them would be better. also if the drunks are being jerks or worse then i think they have the right to stop them(the drunks that is). when i go in to a bar to have a drink or three, i do not expect some dude who's had several to many to bother me and or my friends! and when i do go in a bar i do nurse my drinks. if i want to drink to get drunk i do it at my home where i can 'crash' on the bed or couch. besides i rather vomit at home where i know where the throne is!

Answer 5

I think it's great. There is no reason why police officers shouldn't be able to go to bars to arrest people, because it's a public area. Also, if you're drunk you are a problem to society and could be dangerous you are driving. Also, the police officers were helping these people, because they could hurt themselves with being drunk.

Answer 6

enable me see if I are conscious of it properly. You were ingesting on the bar, got here out, talked concerning the police motor vehicle, and went lower back interior without driving because you probably did not opt to get arrested for DUI? Sounds to me as in case you knew you shouldn't be driving because you had too a lot to drink, and the actual undeniable actuality that the police motor vehicle changed into there possibly kept your stay or somebody else's. It also kept you from dropping your licence, probably your pastime, and actual your popularity. end? end your whining and be dam* grateful the police were there on the time.

Answer 7

ive been in the bar & club scene bouncer to mgr to co-owner theyve always done so. check the history back to the late 60s even. its just a lil more obvious anymore, these days. for the record, being drunk in a public place is by legal defintion "drunk in public, public intoxication" which is why in vabeach we mostly went to membership clubs. you can make patrons members fractional owners so they cannot sue the bar/club if the get hurt. law enforcement agencies dont want the legal hassles of memberships restrictions and covenants either. and the lowlife frat *** get drunk puke and fight clubers wont spend good beer money on a membership

Answer 8

It's great!!! Keep in mind that anyone who is drunk *inside* the bar will eventually be drunk outside the bar and a great many of those people will drive that way.

Until bars offer bed areas to seep off the drunk, then I support preventative arrests of drunks.

Answer 9

Public Intoxication requires two elements. The person must be:
1) intoxicated, and
2) acting belligerent so as to be a danger to himself or others.

If you are just intoxicated and not being belligerent or driving a car after leaving the bar (DUI), then you have nothing to worry about.

Answer 10

It's a good start.


Really, if you've ever been out trying to have a good time while some loud-mouthed moron spits stale beer into your lap while he's telling everyone in the bar how much he loves them, you'd see why I like this plan.