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Texas Cracks Down on Drunkenness in Bars
reuters
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (March 23) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.
The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.
Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkeness, Beck said.
The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.
"We feel that the only way we're going to get at the drunk driving problem and the problem of people hurting each other while drunk is by crackdowns like this," she said.
"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."
She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.
Hang on... so they tax the alcohol and then arrest you for drinking it?!
It's not that far removed from the film 'Minority Report', where people were arrested for crimes they were about to commit. IMO it's rediculous!
My thought, how do they know if you are going to go out and drive? They dont... Im almost ALWAYS the designated driver for any group Ive gone out with. I just think they are being a bit presumptious on this one.
I can see my entire family being arrested on my wedding day :lmao
happygirl0486 03-23-2006, 09:34 PM this won't last long once the courts get it
MontanaSweetie 03-23-2006, 10:01 PM :shock
That is ridiculous. How can you arrest people while they are in the BAR...its there so you can drink, and then you get arrested for drinking/being drunk, in the exact place you are supposed to do it in...
froglove 03-23-2006, 11:19 PM They are doing something similar in Fresno. Where the scope out the drunk people and IF they see them going to their car and drive away they will call a police officer and have them pulled over or arrest them before they leave.
I dont know if its good or not.
They are doing something similar in Fresno. Where the scope out the drunk people and IF they see them going to their car and drive away they will call a police officer and have them pulled over or arrest them before they leave.
I dont know if its good or not.
That's fair enough - it's drink driving. But to arrest people before they've committed an offense is just plain daft!
VinnysGirl 03-23-2006, 11:48 PM Well I was watching the news tonight and they did this in Irving which is just down the road from where I'm at and they arrested people who were staying in the hotel that the bar was in for being drunk... I mean COME ON! They are just asking for a fight... In the famous words of Ron White they weren't "drunk in public, they were drunk in a bar" that's all I have to say... if there is a severe risk then the bar tender should cut them off and call a cab... that's what they are supposed to do by law... this coming into a place of business that's sole purpose is to serve people alcohol in the hopes they get drunk and keep buying is like trapping people and guaranteeing a big pile up in the courts system which is WAY to crowded now and people are constantly on a wait list to get in to see a judge... this is just going to cause more problems than it will solve... there are MANY better ways to handle these situations...
NewBeginnings 03-24-2006, 11:30 AM This actually was discussed on the Today show this morning and they are saying that it is "legal" for them to do this. I don't understand how it is legal, but go figure..
NewBeginnings 03-24-2006, 11:31 AM I don't remember where they did this but they were saying on the Today show that at one of the places the cops had even arrested the bartender because she was "over serving" people.. HUH?
That's fair enough - it's drink driving. But to arrest people before they've committed an offense is just plain daft!
Yep, I agree.
NavyFiance08 03-24-2006, 11:41 AM Hang on... so they tax the alcohol and then arrest you for drinking it?!
It's not that far removed from the film 'Minority Report', where people were arrested for crimes they were about to commit. IMO it's rediculous!
Couldn't agree more!
Not all people who go to a bar and get drunk are going to do something stupid, this is arresting people for the POSSIBILITY that they might do something dumb, now once they leave the bar, their on their own as far as I am concerned, because now they are "drunk in public"
How stupid and creepy!
I'd love to see the uptight idiots who thought of this
Kindra 03-25-2006, 02:57 AM Steph, when my husband and i hear of this we BOTH quoted Ron White... The SAME quote you did.
This is just plain dumb.. land of the free??? hhmmmmm???
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