Chicago DUI lawyer says it's now safe to order fries without a DUI

Earlier this week I posted on Tucson's new plan to nab DUI drivers by posting law enforcement at fast food restaurants. I guess there was enough blow back and they are now distancing themselves from Operation DUI with Fries:

June 16, Tucson, AZ

The Pima County Sheriff's Department is backing away from a proposal to catch suspected drunken drivers through fast-food restaurant drive-through windows.

Lt. Karl Woolridge, special operations commander, said a sergeant who told the Arizona Daily Star the department was about to launch an anti-drunken-driving program named Operation Would U Like Fries, or Operation WULF, was wrong.

"Quite frankly, the program never had the support," Woolridge said. "We had never drafted any policies or procedures for it. It was really in the concept stage, and it never went any further than that."

Sunday's story, which was distributed across the country by The Associated Press, generated a heavy response from online Star readers, most of it critical.

Reader criticism echoed that of local defense attorneys and at least two local restaurateurs quoted in the story.

"I have no love for drunk drivers, and I want them off the road, but this is too much like Big Brother," said Tom O'Connor, owner of Tucson's 21 Eegee's restaurants.

Mike Herndon, who owns seven local Burger King outlets, also was opposed to the idea.

Defense attorneys Joseph St. Louis, Michael Bloom and Brick Storts all questioned the allocation of resources in these economic times and the legality of such a program.

Bloom said he wasn't sure undercover deputies would have enough time to develop the "probable cause" needed to pull over drivers.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were the first ones to come up with the drive-through concept, Hanna said. He learned about their program, Operation WULF, while attending a MADD conference in Dallas.

Well it looks like law enforcement may not get the best ideas for law enforcement by attending a MADD conference but I'm just a U.S. citizen looking to keep the government from being overly intrusive under the ruse of protecting public safety.