Later I was to learn that the Durham Police actually do not understand that what goes up must come down, just as what goes in usually comes out. I fear that he must have greatly overestimated the size of our van. I think what he was trying to say is that Safe-Rides actually encourages parties. Last I checked, parties were not illegal. Parties abound, especially during Homecoming.
People attend and leave parties at all hours of the afternoon and night.
That's the reality of it, my leather-clad men of force. I cannot believe that the Durham Police would oppose such a noble and completely nonprofit volunteer service as Safe-Rides. Perhaps they are falling short on their drunken driving arrests. And I thought that reduction of crime was why we paid them so much in the first place. Bless you men in blue.