The Buzz - Breathalyzer tests for students

SHOW ON WPRI 12. WELCOME BACK TO THE RHODE SHOW. THIS MORNING IN THE BUZZ, LOCAL STUDENTS COULD SOON FACE A BREATHALYZER TEST AT SCHOOL. TIVERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE APPROVED THE NEW POLICY THAT WOULD ALLOW OFFICIALS TO GIVE TESTS TO STUDENTS WHO HOE SIGNS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AT SCHOOL EVENTS. THE RESULTS WILL BE PART OF THE STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL RECORD BUT NOT GIVEN TO POLICE WITHOUT CONSENT. PARENTS SLOWLY BE CALLED AFTER A TEST IS ADMINISTERED. WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING STEP, BUT A GOOD STEP, BECAUSE THESE ARE STILL CHILDREN. THEY'RE TEENAGERS, AND THEY CANNOT ALWAYS MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS, THE PROPER DECISIONS. I THINK IF THIS WERE TO BE AN ADULT EVENT I'D BE VERY UPSET BIT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY CAN GIVE ME A BREATH LIZ THAT HER AREN'T A POLICE OFFICER? BUT A CHILD AT A SCHOOL EVENT NEED TO BE SUPERVISED AND SAFE. YOU HEAR ABOUT ALL THESE TERRIBLE DRUNK DRIVING ASSISTS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN A CAR SITUATION IT HAPPENS BECAUSE THEY'RE UPPED THE INFRIEWNS. IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD DETER THEM FROM DRINKING OR STOP THEM AND PARENTS GET CALLED AND THEY HAVE TO GET PICKED UP, I SAY GO FOR IT. I SAY GO FOR IT TOO. AS A PARENT WHO HAS TWO KIDS, IF THEY WERE TO SHOW UP AT A DANCE AND HAD SOMETHING TO DRINK, I'D WANT TO KNOW BIT, FIRST FOR THEIR SAFETY, SECOND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE'S ASSET, GOT FORBID GET IN A CAR AND KILL THEMSELVES HOWARD SOME INDOESN'T PERSON GOING SOMEPLACE. I'D WAN TO KNOW. TEENAGERS, WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE. EVERY TEENAGER THINKS THEY KNOW IT ALL, IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME. SPOILER ALERT. YES. YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. THAT'S WHY I'D WANT TO KNOW. I AGREE WITH THIS. MY ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT JUST MAKE EVERYONE TAKE A BREATHALYZER TEST, BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE PICKING AND CHOOSE HOG LOOKS QUESTIONABLE, WHO MIGHT -- AND WHAT SIGNS ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? FOR? AND GOOFING AROUND, AND THEY'RE LIKE, I THINK YOU'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH. DO YOU KNOW HOW MORTIFYING THAT WOULD BE IF YOU ARE THE ONE GETTING PULLED OUT OF THAT LINE? SAY YOU'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG, BUT NOW ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS ARE WALKING THROUGH TO A SCHOOL DANCE OR FOOTBALL GAME, WATCHING YOU TAKE A BREATHALYZER. THAT'S PRETTY HARSH. JUST MAKE EVERYONE DO IT. THROW THE RULE OUT THE WINDOW, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T NOW PICK AND CHOOSE AND SAY WHO LOOKS INTOXICATED. I THINK YOU DO, GO AHEAD. IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY STUDENTS THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT AT A FOOTBALL GAME OR PROM, DO YOU GO THROUGH THE WHOLE SNRIEN WHEN I WAS TEACHING YOU CAN TELL WHEN SOMEONE IS WASTED. YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE, BAD AS IT IS, YOU KNOW REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO COME TO THESE EVENTS F. IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO PULL THEM OUT, MAYBE YOU CAN MAKE IT RANDOM TESTING AND PULL THEM INTO A DIFFERENT ROOM. SAY EVERY TENTH PERSON OR THE PEOPLE WHO DO LOOK SUSPICIOUS. THAT WAY THEY CAN GET EVERYONE IN THE DOORS BUT GET THE ONES THAT REALLY NEED TO BE TESTED. ALSO I HEARD PEOPLE SAY, WELL, IF YOU START DOING THESE, THE ALCOHOL TEST, KIDS WON'T SHOW UP AT THE HAVEN'T -- AT THE EVENT. WELL, DON'T SHOW UP, IF YOU'RE DRUNK. IS IT A PRIORITY IN HIGH SCHOOL TO GET DRUNK, OR, YOU KNOW, GO TO YOUR HOMECOMING DANCE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE? YEAH. THAT'S YOUR OWN ISSUE HERE. YOU'RE THE ONE MISSION OUT ON THE EVENT, WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE IS ACTUALLY HAVING A GOOD TIME, AND NOT GETTING DRUNK. THAT'S IT, THEY WILL PROBABLY SKIP ONE THING TO STAY AT THEIR FRIEND $HOUSE AND DRINK AND REALIZE THEY MISSED OUT, AND THEN GO SOMEBODIER. THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, BECAUSE HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN THESE HORRIBLE INCIDENCES OF -- ABSOLUTELY. -- KIDS LEAVING AN EVENT. MAYBE EVEN JUST A PARTY OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BUT THAT COULD EASILY BE A SCHOOL EVENT THAT THEY'RE LEAVING HOME FROM. AND HURTING THEMSELVES OR SOMEBODY ELSE INNOCENT ON THE ROAD, GOING TO WORK OR OUT WITH THEIR FAMILY. AND ENDING THEIR LIFE, IT'S BAD. IT'S HAPPENING IN TIVERTON. WE ASKED OUR FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. ADAM SAID, I CAN REMEMBER A FEW HIGH SCHOOL DANCES THAT THIS POLICY WOULD HAVE SAVED. BAD, YES. NECESSARY, YES. WOW. ADAM MAKES A GREAT POINT. PATRICK ALSO TELLS US, WE'RE CREATING A REACTIVE SOLUTION VERSUS PROACTIVE SOLUTION. ALL THIS WILL DO IS LOWER ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL FUNCTIONS. YOU NEVER KNOW, IT MIGHT SCARE THEM A LITTLE BIT. THIS ONE SAYS, IF ONE IS CAUGHT WITH ALCOHOL OR HIS OR HER BREATH THERE SHOULD BE AN