Random cop question?

[Pullersboy]

So let me analyze this. You're in the front yard, and intoxicated to the point that you judgment is impaired enough to argue with the police (I'm assuming here). Could your judgment also be impaired enough, or your balance and reflexes impaired enough that you might somehow end up in the street and get run over? Possibly? If the answer is yes, you're a danger to yourself, which justifies a PI arrest. I was taught, and like I've said before, I don't deal with this stuff like patrol guys do, but I was taught that anytime someone is drunk enough that, in the opinion of the officer, they become a danger to themselves or others, a PI arrest is appropriate.

This is correct. Plus, courts precedent has been set that an un gated front yard is accessible to the public and is therefore a public place. (Yes, a particular location can be both private property & a public place at the same time I.e. a parking lot at a bar.) f

[Pullersboy]

....folks often get public place, public property, private place & private property all mixed up. A place can be more than one of these or a combination thereof.

Bottom line, the from yard is good to go for. PI arrest if the officer can articulate that the person is intoxicated and is a danger to himself or another.

[Pullersboy]

Sorry about the split posts. I hit the button on accident.

[TransPecos]

What if I have sex in my RV parked in a WalMart parking lot?

[Wulver]

I was drinking in a backyard one time in college and an officer was allowed to come in. Most of the under-agers "ran for the hills" but me and a couple buddies stayed put in the backyard sitting in chairs by a keg as we had just got there from going to a movie. An officer came by and checked our IDs at about 12:40ish and told us to pour our beers out. The bars stay open until 2 or so and I was 23 at the time and thought it was kinda weird so I figured I would stand my ground. I felt I was perfectly legal plus it was like my first beer. He saw some other kids trying to sneak off so he caught up with them and cited them for PIs. A little after 1am he came back to us and asked why we hadn't left. We told him we were perfectly legal sitting in the backyard. He smiled and said OK and asked to see my license again. He then started filling out a ticket. I was like what is this for? He said there is an ordinance in College Station for Public Consumption After Hours (1am).

So you can still be in Public in the backyard if there is access to a large crowd I am guessing from TVCs explanation. I learned my lesson quick that day but don't really blame him too much. He has a hard job. But....A little discretion on both our parts probably would have went a long way.

[rconn]

What if I have sex in my RV parked in a WalMart parking lot?

yes just don't drink while doing it lol

[tvc184]

HUH??? Just kidding that pretty much clears it up, but are you sure you can't have sex in walmart's parking lot

I made sure that I threw the word "legally" in there.

[tvc184]

yes just don't drink while doing it lol

.... or with the curtains open.

[Dale Moser]

What years did you live there ? I ask because that is My Hometown !

From aboooouuut October '99 till sometime in early '01 I believe....it's a little hazy. The property we rented was 80 acres of coastal and two old farmhouses on the NE corner of Precinct Line and L.D. Locket. I knee boarded across that coastal field 48 mph behind a jeep at 3AM one time......big houses on most of it now.