San Antonio Strip Clubs: Few bars punished in DWI cases
Monday, May 16th, 2011Bars and restaurants can win the safe harbor protection if all of the servers completed a TABC-certified training class where they learn to spot the signs of intoxication. The class is two hours long and can be taken online.
Although state law allows employees to be charged with a misdemeanor violation for serving an intoxicated person, records show the cases are few. The data also shows the safe harbor law has been a powerful and widely used defense. About 18 businesses in Texas successfully stanched penalties stemming from source investigations in the last three years – nearly as many as the 20 businesses that lost their permits.
In some fatal cases, police officers included in their reports the names of bars that served drunken-driving suspects, and no TABC investigation followed. Among the bars not investigated was the now defunct Centerfolds Gentleman’s Club, where 21-year-old Leslie A. Subirias had been trying out as a dancer in August 2006.