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Louisville Local Licensing Authority Meeting Date: January 28, 2002 Page 5 of 11 establishment and may have been trying to walk home. Ms. Marcotte said that Mr. Wardrop left around 11:30 p.m. Earlier she had noticed that Mr. Wardrop was staggering, saw him go outside contacted him, as he attempted to get into his car. Ms. Marcotte told him to stop or she would call the police. She then took him back inside and gave him some coffee and called a cab. She got busy and didn't realize that he had left. Ms. Marcotte went outside to look for Mr. Wardrop and saw that his car was still there. Another patron of Gendeman Jim's told her that they had seen someone pick Mr. Wardrop up. At that dme, Officer Steele asked Ms. Marcotte to do a written statement, she agreed. Officer Steele told her not to worry about writing the statement that night. She would contact Ms. Marcotte the next day to pick it up. Officer Steele then went to Avista Hospital, where Mr. Wardrop was taken, to speak to the doctors and nurses on call that evening. She knew that if Mr. Wardrop didn't have a sober person to be released to he would need to be taken to the Alcohol Recovery Center (ARC). The medical staff was concerned that Mr. Wardrop's alcohol level was too high and that the ARC would not take hind. They called the ARC and determined that it was safe to transport him. Mr. Wardrop was released to Officer Steele, who transported him to the ARC in Boulder. Once there, Officer Steele asked Mr. Wardrop a few questions. He said that he had been at Gentleman Jim's, then gone to Carraba's for dinner, had a couple of drinks, and then went home and had a few more, and went back Gentleman Jim's. Officer Steele noticed that Mr. Wardrop was wearing slippers and asked him if had gone to the bar wearing slippers. He said yes. Mr. Wardrop said he had about five drinks at Gendeman Jim's. Officer Steele had noticed that Mr. Wardrop's car was parked askew, not in the lines, as all the other cars were parked, which lead Officer Steele to believe that Mr. Wardrop was already drunk when he arrived at Gentleman Jim's. Jim Hayden, owner of Gentleman Jim's, then questioned Officer Steele. He was concerned about the discrepancy in Mr. Wardrop's behavior between the time the first PBT was taken at the scene and the second, which was taken at the hospital. Mr. Hayden then asked Officer Steele to recount who arrived at the scene and who made the initial call. Officer Steele stated the Fire Departme,nt made the initial call. Mr. Hayden wondered why the Fire Department was out driving around at Midnight. Officer Steele said that the Fire Department had been out on a call. Mr. Hayden then asked if that was when the Fire Department called the Police Department, believing that there was a child down. Mr. Hayden then asked Officer Steele if there were already officers at the scene when she arrived. Officer Steele said that there were two other officers on the scene when she arrived and that is was determined it was not a child but an adult male. Officer Steele said that she didn't make the determinative; it was the first officer to arrive on the scene that made that call. Mr. Hayden asked which officer made the determination. Officer Steele said she believed it had been Officer Watts. Mr. Hayden wanted to know why Officer Watts didn't write the report. Officer Steele said he wrote a supplemental to her report. Officer Steele was told by Sergeant Ragulsky to file a report. Mr. Hayden asked if Sergeant 5 I:NLIQUOR~2002\MINUTES~MIN UTES012802.DOC