Morning TexAgs,
TLDR - Air Force staff sargeant had a drunken driving episode in front of my house for 30 minutes, passed out in his running car, and the police gave him a PI.
I thought I'd seek some advice from those who know the military much better than I.
Last night around 8:45, a car pulled down our quiet neighborhood street, parked at the end in the middle of the road, and for the next 30 minutes, the driver did the following.
- continuously entered and exited the vehicle slamming the door
- yelled **** at a volume loud enough for me to hear down the block
- punch his horn and other parts of the vehicle incessantly
Things then went quiet while the police were "assigning an officer".
20 minutes after it went quiet, a few neighbors and I walked down to check and make sure someone wasn't OD'ed in the car. This is where we found a Staff Sargeant passed out in his back seat (mind you the car is parked and has been running in the middle of the road).
There was a half empty bottle of liquor in the cup holder so we determined it was likely just alcohol and felt safe enough to wake the driver and ask what was going on.
He was clearly intoxicated but nice enough at this point. He wanted to get back in the drivers seat so we asked if we could move his car to the side of the road to try and locate the keys (attempting to prevent him from driving off).
When the police finally showed up, he was arrested for PI and that ended it.
Here is the concern - I personally don't feel a PI draws enough attention to the risk he put others in and the challenges he's likely facing. Is there a resource in the military that I could reach out to that can help him address what I would assume is some form of PTSD?
I'm not trying to get him in trouble necessarily, rather to help him address his demons.
TLDR - Air Force staff sargeant had a drunken driving episode in front of my house for 30 minutes, passed out in his running car, and the police gave him a PI.
I thought I'd seek some advice from those who know the military much better than I.
Last night around 8:45, a car pulled down our quiet neighborhood street, parked at the end in the middle of the road, and for the next 30 minutes, the driver did the following.
- continuously entered and exited the vehicle slamming the door
- yelled **** at a volume loud enough for me to hear down the block
- punch his horn and other parts of the vehicle incessantly
Things then went quiet while the police were "assigning an officer".
20 minutes after it went quiet, a few neighbors and I walked down to check and make sure someone wasn't OD'ed in the car. This is where we found a Staff Sargeant passed out in his back seat (mind you the car is parked and has been running in the middle of the road).
There was a half empty bottle of liquor in the cup holder so we determined it was likely just alcohol and felt safe enough to wake the driver and ask what was going on.
He was clearly intoxicated but nice enough at this point. He wanted to get back in the drivers seat so we asked if we could move his car to the side of the road to try and locate the keys (attempting to prevent him from driving off).
When the police finally showed up, he was arrested for PI and that ended it.
Here is the concern - I personally don't feel a PI draws enough attention to the risk he put others in and the challenges he's likely facing. Is there a resource in the military that I could reach out to that can help him address what I would assume is some form of PTSD?
I'm not trying to get him in trouble necessarily, rather to help him address his demons.