This is one of those situations where it would have been prudent to take the kid home if DUI wasn't the route to take here. We actually have an SOP for this regarding minors. Arrest isn't mandatory but at a minimum I would have lost some pay if I did the same thing. Who hasn't been bit on the a$$ at least once when trying to give someone a break?
Yep.....
Some folks just seem to have their head up the wrong end of the gift horse in such situations. A DUI these days can cost up to 16K minimum when all is said and done and that is just the cash aspect. Then theres the employer, friends, family, and neighbors etc.....or death or severe injuries as in this case.
But parents should be sure to sue the LEO that trys to give their little "Gotti like Wiggers" a break .....I didn't, I don't and I wont.
Risk managers and supervisors these days don't look kindly at the Andy Griffin style of policing. SOP is there for a reason and after seeing too many of my other deputies get fired or time off it wasn't even a second thought to not follow it in each and every case.