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Alaska Cops Arresting Drunks in Bars

Alaska Arrests Drunks in Bars

While most states have laws against over-serving and public intoxication, Parker said he did not know of any other states that enforced sobriety rules inside bars.

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"I've never heard of that in any state," said Pasadena, Calif. attorney Okorie Okorocha who is a DUI, drug and alcohol expert witness who consults for cases across the country.

"I've had clients who have been sent home or left the bar in a cab and passed out in the cab and the cab driver called the cops on them and they were cited for drunkenness in public, but not just for sitting in the bar," he said incredulously. "I'm really floored."

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