As a follow-up to our conference call yesterday, one of the members mentioned their State having a provision allowing for police to take intoxicated persons directly to a detox facility, rather than having to book them into jail, and the detox center having authority to keep them for some specified time. Herb - I thought it might have been you making those comments, but whoever it was, I would appreciate getting a cite to your State law. And if anyone else has any ordinances or State laws that enable your officers to be able to do this without increases the risk of liability to your City, I would appreciate getting that information. A few hours after our conference call, I had the issue come up and wanted to find out more information on how this is being done in other States. Thanks everyone! And have a great weekend!!! Marianne Marianne Landers Banks Assistant City Attorney City of Springfield Law Department 840 Boonville Ave. Springfield, MO 65801 417-864-1123 - office 512-635-3484 - mobile 417-864-1551 - fax mbanks@springfieldmo.gov<mailto:mbanks@springfieldmo.gov> Note: This may be a privileged and confidential communication and attorney-client privileged. Attorneys are required to notify all recipients of e-mail that (1) e-mail communication is not a secure method of communication, (2) any e-mail that is sent to you or by you may be copied and held by various computers it passes through as it goes from me to you or vice versa, (3) persons not participating in our communication may intercept our communications by improperly accessing your computer or even some computer unconnected to either of us which the e-mail passes through. I am communicating to you via e-mail because you have consented to receive communications via this medium. If you want future communications to be sent in a different fashion, or if you receive this message in error please let me know AT ONCE by calling 417-864-1645 or emailing mbanks@springfieldmo.gov<mailto:mbanks@springfieldmo.gov> .