TUCSON, Ariz. — Drunken Arizona drivers with the late-night munchies may soon be getting more than chicken strips at drive-through windows.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department has a new campaign targeting drunken driving. Operation Would U Like Fries, or Operation WULF, will put undercover deputies inside 24-hour fast-food restaurants to spot impaired drivers placing their orders.

Sgt. Doug Hanna, a DUI unit supervisor, says if deputies notice someone with classic symptoms of impairment — slurred speech, red or watery eyes or beer breath — they will have a uniformed deputy stationed outside pull the driver over.

Hanna says money for the intermittent program is coming from a $128,000 grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety.

gets them off the streets

you go to admit that that's pretty god damn original.

I hand it too them. if it gets the off the road....not all drunk drivers pull into the police stations parking lot (like the one article I posted that did that)

Nice

It's profiling people who like fast food!

(can't help it....it's the devil in me )

Profiling is wrong

i like fast food too....and beer....but not driving drunk to get a whataburger

ENOLA, Pa. – Police in south-central Pennsylvania say a drunken driver who was speeding in a police station parking lot and stopped his car between two marked cruisers so he could take a nap has been arrested. East Pennsboro police Chief Dennis McMaster said the 37-year-old man caught the attention of an officer Sunday night.

He said the officer saw the man park in a space reserved for police cars, turn off his headlights, recline his seat and close his eyes.

He said when the officer approached the car to check on the man he saw an empty vodka bottle on the floor and found a pipe with traces of marijuana.

The man has been charged with driving under the influence and possessing drug paraphernalia.

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see???? not all drunk drivers are this courteous....the cops have to raid fast food lol

I believe anyone who drives drunk should be pulled from their car and shot.... (Bush taught me that....prempted strike! )

Seriously, I'm for just about anything that takes a drunk driver off the road, but "creativity" is best left to artists, not law enforcement. They have a habit of "making things fit".

as long as nothing is made up etc....I love the way they came up with things....and I wonder if they are making side money working at the fast food place

I would like to say the majority of our officers are decent people who really care about our wellbeing..... I'd like to, many are, but not the majority.

Maybe 20% will question you because they care, are satisfied with your answers and send you on your way, the other 80% are just looking for an excuse to use/abuse their power. Ego trip.

i believe the majority are the good ones...the minority makes the good ones look bad. there are good and bad everywhere. doctors sexually abusing patients...lawyers gold digging. there are a lo that do their jobs because they really do care and the few ruin it and outshine the good ones

just a thought

As I said rose, I'd like to believe they are the majority. But 7 out of 10 times you are stopped/questioned what happens? You get a hassle whether you are later allowed to go on or not.

that is part of their jobs though. it's how it's set up.

I agree, they have a job to do, it's not easy to know who is hiding something and who is not, but a hassle is pressing the issue, looking for fault. They often ask questions unrelated to your encounter, put you on the defensive because they have no reason to ask, then use it as a reason to detain you or escalate a situation.

I have friends who are police officers, and some of them think it's funny to mess with someone. I hear the stories, and tell them they are a$$holes!

Please, make that "aquaintences"

that's when you lawyer up

but you have to admit...the OP was pretty good

The OP was good, the idea creative, and at its base....good.

Let's hope it is what it is