A sensible cop would tell you to go home and not cause any trouble, but how many of them are around anymore?
Well, a couple points I see here from "the other side." It DOES make sense that the police are on foot patrol on the campus in light of the recent string of violent crimes that ocurred there, that you yourself pointed out as a preface in your post, so those who say that the cops had no business being on campus and they just wanna f*ck with "rich college kids," I'm sorry fellas, that kind of doesn't compute.
As far as you getting the muni ticket, that really really sucks, and I feel for you. Unfortunately, you were caught doing one wrong thing, that in the huge scheme of things and in light of who you were helping, didn't really matter. But, for some reason the cop felt that he needed to give you a ticket for it. Like others stated, plead it down, get a payment plan for the ticket, and you'll be okay.
As far as the breathalizer, it doesn't matter whether you blow out in the field or in the station, both breathalizer's are actually held to the same standards as far as testing and whatnot. In my experience of DUIs, if the driver blows out in the field, it's normally taken up to three seperate times over an extended period of time to show consistency. If the driver blows over the legal limit, that is considered probable cause to arrest. The officer then concludes his investigation in the station by either administering the station's breathalizer, or the subject submits to a blood draw. Here in CA, NOT submitting to a breath test does NOT equal
guilty. When you sign up and receive a driver's license, there is a clause that states in the event of a DUI investigation, the driver
shall submit to a breath test or a blood test. If the driver refuses breath, a blood draw is taken.
With all that nonsense said, Dlo, I gotta tell you brother, this sucks and if it were me, I would've have told you to get the f*ck outta here and go home minus the ticket. But alas, there are few gentlemen left, and ultimately YOU did what was right for those girls. Those girls could've been taken advantage of, but you decided to walk them home, so good on ya! :thumbs:
On the other side of the coin, all of this could've been avoided if you weren't under-age and drinking...damn laws! :sign: :sign: :sign: