Source: ViktorVaughan, “How Police deal with drunks here in the UK.” Imgur. 15 January 2014
http://imgur.com/gallery/aeECytw
On 15 January 2014, Redditor ViktorVaughan posted on Imgur a photograph of a note dated 12 January 2014 that United Kingdom police left for a drunk person whom they had helped to get home: “David — We found you staggering in the road on your way home from Watford. You were so drunk we were worried you wouldn’t get home in one piece! So we gave you a lift home. Please don’t get that drunk again! Love from Cagney and Lacey.” Of course, with the names Cagney and Lacey, you have to wonder if the note is legitimate, but it was written on what appears to be official Hertford Constabulary stationery that listed <www.herts.police.uk>. Some people on Reddit made interesting comments (of course, there is no easy way of verifying whether the comments are fact or fiction):
1) watashi_wa_fanboy responded to a few comments about police behavior — and arrests — on the West Coast: “Must be a west coast thing, over here on the superior coast I’ve actually had several cops help me home and startle my roommates each time. Oops I’m on reddit so I mean yeah F[*]CK THE POLICE, burn this racist system down!”
2) cold_dead_hands commented, “I’ve been taken home by the police, walked up the steps and they waited to make sure I actually laid in bed before leaving. East Texas.”
3) Aleutienne commented, “This happened to me as a dumb, drunk girl wandering home from town blackout and alone. I have no memory of the night, but around Christmas I ‘met’ a hallmate in my university accommodation who already knew me. ‘Oh yeah, the police brought you home back in October and I let you in because you couldn’t get your keys straight!’
“I am American and I was immediately sure I’d blown off a ticket or was supposed to show up for court or something. Nope. She laughed at me — ‘No, one of them tried to get your number but you couldn’t remember it.’”
4) sweetanddandy commented, “Heaven Is Where The Police Are British, The Cooks Are French, The Mechanics German, The Lovers Italian And It’s All Organised By The Swiss.”
For Further Information: ViktorVaughan, “How Police deal with drunks here in the UK.” Reddit. 15 January 2014
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