Defective footwear and arrest

carolinedowney7

What position is one in if one's footwear is defective/broken and one is walking on the pavement and one was arrested but not told why. Later, they are told one is told they are a danger to themselves as they could not walk straight and that they should thank the garda for arresting them. The defective footwear is shown to the guard at the desk before leaving the station. What position would one be in as if they were never offered a breathylser test.

The Big Red Button

So what was "one" actually arrested for?!

445279.ie

This me thinks :rolleyes:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055855535

Locust

No one gets arrested for not walking straight there is more to your story than that... and people (presumably) arrested under the public order act aren't breath tested - The observations of the Gardai are good enough.

One would be in the position to receive either an adult caution in a few weeks, fixed charge penalty fine, a summons or if your lucky, one should be thankful nothing will happen.

MagicSean

If you cant walk on a straight line on a footpath that would indicate you are straying onto the footpath so you could be prosecuted for endangering traffic. I would also suggest that you were intoxicated, seeing as how its the day after paddys day and from the wording of your post it would seem you were arrested for being intoxicated in a public place to such an extent as to be a danger to yourself or others under section 4 of the public order act. Breathalysers are only used for drink driving. if you had one pint you would probably fail it anyway.

MagicSean

What are "Deffective footwear? Where you wearing high heels or something?

carolinedowney7

If the footwear in question is high heels and one has a letter from their GP explaining that the individual has an abnormal gait and high heels make it worse. Would this make a difference to the Gardai?

MagicSean

carolinedowney7 wrote: »

If the footwear in question is high heels and one has a letter from their GP explaining that the individual has an abnormal gait and high heels make it worse. Would this make a difference to the Gardai?

Probably not. I doubt your unusual gait was the only reason you were arrested. But what your asking is bordering on legal advice which i am not qualified to give.

Hooch

carolinedowney7 wrote: »

If the footwear in question is high heels and one has a letter from their GP explaining that the individual has an abnormal gait and high heels make it worse. Would this make a difference to the Gardai?

No....what more than likely made the difference was the pints and pints alcohol "one" consumed.

Im guessing from your post that "one" was arrested under Section 24 Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994.....for an offence contrary to Section 4 of the said act. That is intoxicated and a danger to themselves and others.

McCrack

Yes I'd say one had one too many to the point that one cannot remember why one woke up in a strange room unable to get out until somebody unlocked the door.

Victor

k_mac wrote: »

If you cant walk on a straight line on a footpath that would indicate you are straying onto the footpath so you could be prosecuted for endangering traffic.

But the traffic shouldn't be on the footpath in the first place. :pac:

jill_valentine

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Victor

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irishejit

carolinedowney7 wrote: »

What position is one in if one's footwear is defective/broken and one is walking on the pavement and one was arrested but not told why. Later, they are told one is told they are a danger to themselves as they could not walk straight and that they should thank the garda for arresting them. The defective footwear is shown to the guard at the desk before leaving the station. What position would one be in as if they were never offered a breathylser test.

I don't know how you'd stand legally but i know i'd love to have seen it happen.......will you bring me out with you the next time....i'll pay and all!!!!

Poly

Were you wearing Ugg boots and fake tan? If so, you were picked up by the fashion police, and rightly so.
Be warned, there's a big clampdown on "muffin Belly" for the easter weekend.