Originally published at: Missouri sheriff seeks volunteers to get drunk at police station and help with training | Boing Boing
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Somebody is using his head for more than parking his hat.
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Only if I get to play records while we’re at it…
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OK I gotta admit “the wet lab” is a pretty good nickname for an at-home bar.
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Ah, beat me too it!
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Actual training footage:
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“Some people handle alcohol well, and others not so much,” the notice states.
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“Get drunk around a bunch of cops” is definitely on my … what do you call the opposite of a bucket list?
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Fuck-that list?
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I think you’d want a sober lawyer present. Or just don’t do it.
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This has “wrongful death” lawsuit written all over it…
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I came only to make sure it did not – somehow – get missed!
(It actually is interesting to get to drink with the breathalyzer handy to get some sense of how drunk you are at .08 and beyond – I’m big enough that four beers over a couple of hours and I’m well below the .08, but I won’t drive anywhere close to that. I’m legal, but I don’t regard myself as safe. .08 has me pretty hammered – at driving at .16 is impossible for me as I’d have long since gone to bed!)
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That’s my favorite episode right after Turkey Drop.
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Especially if all your glassware is graduated borosilicate!
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“Those who imbibe will be given a ride home.”
If you test under the limit, don’t you have the right to drive home?
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IIRC, most drunk driving laws include BAC limits and make it illegal to drive after drinking any amount of alcohol.
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As I recall – in California, anyway — it’s not illegal to drink with small amounts of a BAC – rather it’s that a .08 is, without any other evidence, conclusive proof of drunk driving. If you blow a .05 and are driving like an asshole, you can still get popped for DUI, it’s just that the .05 doesn’t prove the case.
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I’m trying to imagine the PR and insurance disaster if the cops said “yeah, cool, you can drive” and you crashed. No organization would ever allow it, and it’s their party.
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I’m surprised that they didn’t add “but outstanding warrants are encouraged.”
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Right. I may not have communicated it clearly. Some BAC is allowed to drive, since most people cannot measure their own BAC, and also as a buffer for the accuracy of a field breathalyzer, since it can yield false positives, especially after the subject has had a very intense workout.
What I meant was, if a LEO observes you drinking then driving, it doesn’t matter what your BAC is - you’ve violated that particular law.
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