Let’s Just Say They’re Not Expecting Very Long Waits
Police in Aurora, Colo., don’t want you to drink and drive. In fact, they’d rather locals called them for a free ride home if they’ve had too much to drink. Really. All anyone has to do is be at least 21 years old, be drunk between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. on a Friday or Saturday, call the department on the non-emergency line, sit through a lecture on the dangers of drunk driving, be willing to be searched, produce identification (and agree to a warrants check), sign a liability waiver, and decide whether they want to blow into a breathalyzer to see if they really are drunk. (RC/KUSA Denver) ...To agree to all of that, they’d have to be.Original Publication Date: 27 December 2015
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 22.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 22.
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