The resolution that was passed also requires review and consultation with the Police Chief and the Town Council before interdiction can be initiated. I can assure you that the list of offenses for the two people in question greatly exceeds five offenses during the past twelve months. In fact, there is a history of many offenses spanning a period of several years. I read the Herndon Police Incident Report each week and certain names become much too familiar. As far as issuing a bench warrant and collecting the fine goes, a person has to have some assets before anything can be collected or attached.
Habitual offenders tend to have no fixed address or property.
Debtors prisons were abolished many years ago. It is our hope that the process of interdiction will serve to remove people from the streets that are causing a public nuisance and to be a method of getting then into rehabilitation centers so that they have a chance to become useful members of society and get their life in order before their health is entirely ruined. If any person profanely curses or swears or is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he shall be deemed guilty of a class 4 misdemeanor. The reason for this is that a considerable amount of Police time and public funds are expended on repeatedly handling these offenses, with no effect in reducing the incidence of the offenses. Resolution Authorizing the Town Attorney and Deputy Town Attorney to bring interdiction petitions against habitual drunkards to prevent their possession of alcoholic beverages and to prevent sale of alcoholic beverages in the Town to interdicted persons.