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Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 11:53 am**

People Volunteer To Let Police Officers Get Them Drunk

POSTED: 10:10 a.m. EDT April 16, 2003

SANTA FE, N.M. -- Officers served beers, screwdrivers, tequila shooters and vodka Jell-O shots to people -- then turned around and gave them sobriety tests for driving while intoxicated.

Those liquored up by police had volunteered Monday to help 40-plus law enforcement cadets learn how to spot drunken drivers and get them off the roads.

One volunteer drinker, Johnny Mares from Melrose, is a Curry County sheriff's deputy who gives field sobriety tests himself.

"Would I take myself to jail?" Mares asked after stumbling through a few tests. "Yes. But it's important for these guys to go through the tests and find out for themselves."

Before the field-sobriety tests, officials checked the volunteers -- who drank for more than three hours -- for blood-alcohol content. Their levels ranged from 0.07 to 0.18 percent. New Mexico's legal limit for DWI is 0.08.

Some cadets' estimates of the volunteers' drunkenness showed the importance of the training.

One cadet said he likely would have let a 21-year-old Santa Fe woman go after she apparently passed the field sobriety tests. The woman registered a 0.18 blood-alcohol level.

Every certified law enforcement officer in the state -- from local police officers to Game and Fish wardens -- must complete the training.

"We can teach them what to look for, and they can go through all the classes, but they all need to get some real experience of actually going through the tests with real people," said state Law Enforcement Academy agent and instructor Gabe Beardsley.

LOL... I wouldnt mind voluntering for this myself

BTW I told you I bring you the important stories.. lol

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 11:55 am**

Where do I sign up?

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 1:00 pm**

LOL MF.

I have never gotten behind the wheel of a car after even 1 glass of wine or beer (if I had only one due to my weight I would be instantly over the limit)
Besides that, I despise drunk drivers. My grandmother got herself killed because she was driving blotto. She hit a truck and quietly bled to death.

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 1:05 pm**

I don't drink and drive either :-)

But drink I do!

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 2:53 pm**

Philip is on the next plane out... :o

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 3:02 pm**

they do that ALL the time up here. That's because of the thousands of bars around the area! Anyways...one year my aunt was served drinks and last year one of my friends did it. Needless to say...they were a little under the weather the next day!

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 4:15 pm**

I really hate alchololic beverages. I have only smelled the stuff a few times in my life and know I will never ever drink a drop.

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 4:51 pm**

lol too funny! i heard smthg about this one time. they had a local reporter take part in it too and we watched as the drinks piled up...how he drove when he played a driving video game.

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 6:03 pm**

Hey azsnowman, you need any volunteers?????????????

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 8:02 pm**

Send 'em over to the Ladie's Topic - we'll clear out the bar!
Of course, anyone who's ever visited in there knows that Hedrick
always drive me home... :ggreen:

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 8:10 pm**

State Law in North Dakota...if someone is injured in a bar, the barkeep is REQUIRED to load him or her up with as much as they can drink until the doctor arrives... :o

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 8:50 pm**

Mmmmmmm...anesthesia.....

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 9:49 pm**

Da! Her Royal Highness, the Grand Duchess Anasthesia, daughter of the Czar of all the Russias! :wink:

Posted: **Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:27 pm**

I can't drink because of the medications that I take.

But for my 21st ... I'm having a non-alcoholic champagne or other similar drink.