Lexington VA PD in 1990 was more compassionate. Walking home a little unsteady, got a ride back to the dorm from the PD after politely telling the truth about what I had been doing.Blacksburg PD will form a picket line between Va Tech campus and the strip on Main St. and "interview" students heading back to their dorms after midnight.
Bagged a bunch every weekend when I was there.
Maybe the court system was underutilized or the city needed some revenue, but they hand out public intox arrests like parking tickets.