gigag04 wrote:Not sure where everyone landed, but for the record, here's the elements to meet for PI (per Texas PC and CCP)
1. A public place
2. In Texas
3. Intoxicated (.08 or Impairment to alcohol, drug? Or combo of 2+)
4. Danger to self or others
Intoxication is not automatically danger to self or others...you have to articulate the element of danger caused by intoxication.
Ex: passed out in a ditch, doesn't know where he/she is
Walking to a car with car keys trying to leave
Picking fights in a bar
High on PCP screaming in the middle of crowded downtown about wanting money....
The blue collar comedy tour "drunk in public" doesn't get you there.
Thank you for an answer from someone who actually (a) enforces the law and (b) enforces
Texas law.