shibumiseeker
Grandmaster
I have charged passengers with PI before. I can only think of one instance off the top of my head. It was a hispanic male who registered 0.20 on my PBT (not a certified instrument but they usually are close), the driver was also very drunk, and the passenger was not able to tell me where he lived or get a ride. He mentioned he lived in a town that would take 30 minutes to get to but did not provide an address. What should have been done? Should I let him wander the streets until he either A)sobered up B) got run over by a car C) passed out in a ditch when it was around 40 degrees out, or D) arrest him to make sure he has any medical needs attended to?
I have let literally hundreds of drunk people call their friends to come get them from a stop where the driver is being arrested. We've already got 2 hours of paper work to complete after the OWI investigation is complete and the driver is transported to the jail. Unless there is no other way or someone wants to be a jerk, I don't need to add to that work that will already take me up until my shift is nearly over.
My GF is a former State Trooper and says pretty much exactly this.