Officers Enter Bars To Make Public Intoxication Arrests

IRVING, Texas -- The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has taken its fight against drunken driving to a new level. TABC agents, along with Irving police, targeted 36 bars and clubs Friday, arresting some allegedly intoxicated patrons before they departed the businesses. . . . Agents arrested 30 people Friday night. Most of the suspects now face charges of public intoxication. (Full story). Sometimes I think we have too many law enforcement officers. (And any chance the TABC picked on some low rent bar instead of one that regularly serves Dirty Martinis and Amstel Light?)