Lawmen In Texas Arrest Bar Patrons For Public Intoxication
Robert Paul Reyes
March 22, 2006
A reporter once asked the notorious bank robber, Willie Sutton, why he robbed banks and he replied "because that's where the money is."
Texas has begun dispatching undercover agents into bars to make arrests for public intoxication, because that's where the drunks are.
According to Reuters, "The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication."
Granted being in a saloon doesn't exempt a bar fly from public intoxication, but I'd rather drunks get drunk in bars than out in the streets.
We patronize cocktail lounges to unwind and forget about our problems, we shouldn't have to worry if the guy sitting next to us is a narc.
Texas police are wasting time and money conducting stings in bars, shouldn't they be spending their resources catching dangerous criminals?
If police are worried about drunks getting behind the wheel, they should allocate funds for taxis to take alcoholics home from honky-tonks, instead of wasting manpower conducting sting operations.
Nabbing inebriated patrons at a watering hole is akin to fishing from a barrel, I wonder if these big Texas lawmen feel real macho after making a few arrests at a tavern?
Everything is big in Texas, and when the police there make a mistake it's a whopper. I hope the Texas police quickly abandon these foolish sting operations.
Texas has begun dispatching undercover agents into bars to make arrests for public intoxication, because that's where the drunks are.
According to Reuters, "The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication."
Granted being in a saloon doesn't exempt a bar fly from public intoxication, but I'd rather drunks get drunk in bars than out in the streets.
We patronize cocktail lounges to unwind and forget about our problems, we shouldn't have to worry if the guy sitting next to us is a narc.
Texas police are wasting time and money conducting stings in bars, shouldn't they be spending their resources catching dangerous criminals?
If police are worried about drunks getting behind the wheel, they should allocate funds for taxis to take alcoholics home from honky-tonks, instead of wasting manpower conducting sting operations.
Nabbing inebriated patrons at a watering hole is akin to fishing from a barrel, I wonder if these big Texas lawmen feel real macho after making a few arrests at a tavern?
Everything is big in Texas, and when the police there make a mistake it's a whopper. I hope the Texas police quickly abandon these foolish sting operations.
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