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Originally Posted by jambutty
If a person is arrested for being drunk and disorderly (the interpretation of disorderly can mean anything from staggering about to fighting) they are wheeled off to the station and then the duty officer decides whether to charge the offender or not. If the drunk is just drunk and not causing any trouble more often than not he will get put in the cells to sleep it off and chucked out next morning with a police caution and no breakfast.
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unless things have changed that is not quite correct, staggering about, falling down, led out was always classed as Drunk and incapable, shouting, bawling,singing loud,fighting, threatening, was always Drunk and Disorderly. that is/was fact, got the T-Shirt.
