The justification can be many things, only one of which is a smell of alcohol, or more properly intoxicating liquor
BJCC...here in lies the issue as far as I am concerned, what was the Police Officers justification?
Surely someone should be accountable for this unmitigated cock up? Police need to be SEEN to be as accountable as the rest of us, and clearly in a situation as sensitive as this there needs to a be a clear justification for what the Police officer did. Whether you agree or not, the perception is that this Police officer exercised little or no common sense/discretion in this matter, and caused untold upset and misery for the individual concerned....all for nothing.
So I ask you..from your position as thread whipping boy, and resident Ex plod, where was/is the justification? (all the press reports indicate the screener smelled an alcohol like substance....but there is nothing to suggest what the Police officer discovered...or attempted to discover other than deciding to administering an evidental breath test which by its physical nature is a poor indicator of ones sobriety)