Public intoxication

Although being disorderly while intoxicated is illegal and the Barbados Police Force can be asked to evict drunken individuals from public establishments.

For instance, in the Northwest Territories public intoxication can result in imprisonment or detention in a medical facility for up to 24 hours (NWT Liquor Act).

[citation needed] Moreover, even when a state (such as Nevada, Louisiana, or Missouri) has no such ban, the vast majority of its cities and counties do have it.

Two notable exceptions are New Orleans, Louisiana, and Butte, Montana which allow public consumption of alcoholic beverages anywhere in the city.

In summary, misconducting in public while drunk could be fined in California, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Texas and Virginia.

[15] Additional restrictions on public drinking are applied to Geylang and Little India which are declared Liquor Control Zones.

Once fit to be dealt with the detained person will normally either be cautioned, be issued with a penalty notice for disorder (PND – £90 fine in ticket form), or bailed to appear at the local court.

[citation needed][35] As of February 2009, local councils in New South Wales are not allowed to charge people who drink in alcohol-free zones; they are only permitted to confiscate the alcohol of the intoxicated person.

Changes in 2006 allow police to issue an infringement notice for these offences,[38] in addition to the traditional method of charging and bailing the offender to the Magistrates' Court.

Queensland is the only state left within Australia that has a specific criminal offence of public drunkenness still in force.

A sign prohibiting the drinking of alcohol in a public place in Victoria , Australia
A photograph of a group of people standing outside at nighttime, two of whom are barechested and one of whom is balancing on a stone
In the United Kingdom, the police normally only enforce the laws against public intoxication if the intoxicated person is unable to act in a reasonable manner, as demonstrated by such activities as climbing on Stonehenge (pictured) .