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Originally Posted by B767drvr
Since you asked...
"Turning his life around?" Driving while intoxicated and passing out while idling in a restaurant drive-thru is turning one's life around? In most, perhaps all states, drunk driving is a FELONY. Choosing to commit a felony is the opposite of "turning one's life around". We all make choices.
After testing over the limit for drunk driving, the officer made the decision to ARREST Mr. Brooks. For the officers' safety, I believe it's standard procedure to handcuff everyone while under arrest and being transported.
Let him go? Nope, that's not how it works when you've committed a felony. "Law enforcement" officers are dispatched to "enforce" the law and take the law breaker into custody.
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I agree with everything you wrote except for the part where you said the officer “made” the decision to arrest. Actually it was not a decision, it was a requirement. He blew over the limit. If the cop let him go he could lose his job. What many people don’t understand is that there are hundreds of thousands of families that have suffered extreme grief due to losing a loved one due to impaired driving. So cops take DUIs very seriously. For those who may want to challenge my hundreds of thousands number do the math. 40,000 to 60,000 deaths per year. Duh, how many years to make hundreds? 50? 100? How about 2 to get over 100,000. BTW I am a certified DUI instructor, thus my passion.