Council OKs Contract for Outdoor ‘Drunk Tank’
From Times Wire Reports
The city of Fresno is building an outdoor “drunk tank” to hold anyone caught “impaired by alcohol,” city officials said.
Fresno City Council gave the nonprofit Fresno Rescue Mission a contract to run a holding tank designed to accommodate the half-dozen drunks the city houses each day, while saving about $415,000 a year in jail fees.
The tank -- which the police call an “alternative placement for inebriated individuals” -- will be on a city-owned lot.
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