Originally Posted by
LtDave
When I started in LE in the late '70's, we used to be able to kick the crap out of intoxicated fools who tried to fight, cuff and stuff them in the back of a radio car, literally drag them from the jail sally port to the drunk tank, uncuff, remove property and leave them in a heap on the floor. We'd book for drunk in public on a single page check the box form and they'd get kicked out of jail when they sobered up. Done. By the time I retired over 10 years ago, you couldn't even bring them in the back door without a medical clearance which usually took several hours on a good night at the ER. Not to mention the use of force reporting, photos and other paperwork.