Posted on 03/08/2006 6:12:23 AM PST by Enterprise
"Fresno police are taking enforcement of drunken driving laws to a new level — which officers expect will bring both success and outrage. Saturday night, the traffic unit unveiled a new operation in which plainclothes police officers stake out bars and target drunk patrons. If the heavy drinkers get behind the wheel, officers in unmarked cars follow them and call in marked police cars to pull them over."
(Excerpt) Read more at fresnobee.com ...
Ya think? LOL!
Sounds like profiling to me...
Smells fascist to me.
This happens in cities all over America.
This is how it should be done. No checkpoints casting a wide net over all citizens, just stake out the bars. Probable cause, after all.
Were i trying to throw a monkey wrench into this, I'd get a group of friends to work a secret deal with the bartender. Everyone in the group gets repeated fills of ginger ale poured from whiskey bottles into cocktail glasses. The cops pounce and all the people blow zero.
this is nothing new
happens all the time
ho-hum
dont agree with it dont get me wrong but um,
it is illegal
i think both ways
No outrage from me, except for drunk drivers. This is a terrific idea. Watch the people get drunk, then arrest them when they start driving. Perfect.
One "inside guy" told me that he's left other bars at 2:15 a.m. and gone over to "Uncle Leo's" place just to let the cops see his car in their lot, because "Uncle Leo" would get very upset with the cops if they messed with his customers.
But God help ya if you're pulling out of a bar at closing time owned by somebody honest who won't pay off the cops...
And more importantly, leave the rest of us the hell alone.
I had thought of something similar. But you would have to know that the undercover team is there. And there are a lot of bars in Fresberg.
"Leave me alone, let me go home, let me go home and get sober."
"Bottle of Wine."
Best place to drink....in cop bars...
Guaranteed the bars and bartenders that have 'deals' with the cops won't be targeted...and word will get around soon enough
where to drink and where not too...
imo
I think the Califonia Bar Association should be paying these cops a "referral fee" for providing work for the hungrier "lesser lights" among the lawyer class there in Fresno.
A local policeman was parked in front of a well known establishment watching the customers walk out of the door when a man literally stumbled out of the door and sat on the steps.
He watched as the man stood uncertainly and made his way to a row of cars. He dropped his keys and fell to his knees as he attempted to pick them up. He then tried to unlock two very different looking vehicles before sucessfully opening one and slumping into the seat. The policeman continued to watch the man as he turned on his windshield wipers, turned them off, started the car, turned on the wipers again, turned them off, turned on the headlights, attempted to start the already running car then put the car into reverse. The car backed slowly out of the parking place, then proceeded somewhat uncertainly through the parking lot onto the highway.
The policeman pulled onto the highway right behind the man, and immediately turned on the blue lights. He then approached the driver and asked for his id and registration and inquired if the driver had been drinking. The driver produced his dirvers license, registration and stated that no, he had not had a drink all night. The incredulous policeman asked the driver if he would mind taking the breathalizer which the driver agreed to do. The driver did indeed blow a flat zero which the policeman could hardly believe.
When he asked the driver what in the world was going on back in the parking lot, the man smiled and said "I'm the DD tonight, the designated decoy!"
Fascist Police State Ping! Again, I have to laugh at everyone on this thread that is advocating coming down hard on drinkers, while 90 year old granny that has severly diminished capabilities is allowed to roam the streets in her Crown Victoria, mowing down pedestrians. AT MY DRUNKEST, I could drive better than 99% of old people - that's a FACT.
The whole DUI industry is driven by hysteria and dollars. It is a giant cash cow, and hysterical MADD people keep getting the limits lower and lower, and thousands of people each week who can hold their liquor and get home safe are turned into criminals. The only drunks that need to be removed are the problem drunks that cannot function properly - the rest of us should be able to have 2 or 3 beers and be allowed to drive home without going to jail. I'm sick of the DUI industry and all the pansies that drive their collective fears into a force that makes the rest of us less free. last night I left a restaurant completely able to drive home without killing anyone, and as I leave the establishment I see a cop down the street radioing that people are leaving the place. Sure enough a cruiser comes by and pulls us over, I have to do the dance, I'm just below the limit. I alnmost had my career ruined because I had 2 beers. You DUI nazis stink!
Not you, steel resolve - I meant the hysteric MADD mullahs!
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