SAN ANTONIO, Texas - 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.
I guess they figured that was the best place to find drunks.
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 commissionÂ’s Carolyn Beck.
I'm surprised they only found 30 people in 36 bars.
Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness, Beck said. The goal, she said, was to make a lot of money on fines and stick our noses further in to other people's business 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.” I know people who have done that sober. the bottom line here, again, is the Nanny State says it has to protect you from yourself. They know whats best for you
She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state. |