Pennsylvania Police Are Looking For Volunteers To Get Hammered On Their Dime
Newton Square police have a tough situation on their hands. They need at least 20 selfless individuals from the greater Philadelphia area to get drunk and eat free food.
From Philly.com:
The department is holding a field-sobriety training exercise for 24 officers from across Pennsylvania. The 20 volunteers it hopes to recruit have to go through three field-sobriety tests – horizontal gaze, walk and turn, and one-leg stand – given by officers looking to be certified, Vandegrift said.
The party – er, event – is scheduled for the BPG Conference Center in Newtown Square from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 6 and 7, he said.
No beer. No wine. Participants will have their choice of vodka, whiskey, or rum. No cheap stuff, either. Police don’t want anyone to get sick.
Surprisingly, the people stepped up and answered that call to duty in a big way. Just hours after their original Facebook post, the department was flooded with volunteer applications. Now, I know when you think of the Philadelphia area, the last thing that comes to mind is alcohol. We’re renowned for our clear, sober judgement and civilized actions, but we can throw a few back every now and then. Maybe not quite like the folks in Utah, but I think you’d be rather impressed with our tolerance.
According to the police, the “ideal candidate” won’t try to start a fight after drinking heavily. Not sure why they even brought that up: Delco is the suburbs of the “City of Brotherly Love,” after all. Violence just isn’t in our nature. Plus, this will be a month into the Phillies season, where we’ll be far and away the best team in Major League Baseball. The town’s morale will be at an all-time high.
It just sounds like a pleasant way to spend a Wednesday. Well worth that vacation day those definitely employed volunteers are taking off from their very real and rewarding jobs..
[via Philly.com]
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Fuckin sign me up
11 years ago at 4:36 pmtake it easy, guy
11 years ago at 5:36 pmThey take fakes?
11 years ago at 4:50 pmHere you go: https://www.facebook.com/NewtowntownshipPD?fref=ts
11 years ago at 4:51 pmLooks like they’ve received an “overwhelming amount of responses.” I wonder why.
11 years ago at 5:03 pmDoes this count as philanthropy
11 years ago at 5:06 pmYou know how you get people to show up for jury duty? Make it a 25% chance that this is your assignment.
Doing your civic duty by getting hammered on the city’s dime. TFM
11 years ago at 5:54 pmAs if people in Pennsylvania need another reason to drink
11 years ago at 6:37 pmGetting hammered for the betterment of the community, TFM.
11 years ago at 7:06 pmThis is probably some ploy to get somebody neigh everybody to start fighting each other and then lock me up in a chance to basically say fuck it philly gives up all hope in being any type of civil towards eachother
11 years ago at 10:59 pmThat was one hell of a run-on sentence there, ace. Utilize some commas here and there, and maybe you won’t sound like a babbling fuckstain next time.
11 years ago at 12:14 amWhat’s with the Eagles’ fans? They don’t have a bit of tolerance.
11 years ago at 11:33 pmWhere in Delco are you from??
11 years ago at 10:23 pm