HPD unveils new, improved drunk paddy wagon

It looks like the Houston Police Department is ready to get more serious about it's problem with drunk drivers. At a news conference today, HPD Chief Harold Hurtt unveiled a new van that will help catch drunk drivers.

This all-in-one DWI vehicle will have a breath analyzer, computer, fax machine, and – our favorite – a small holding cell (we're imagining those old cartoons that showed the drunk, with x's for eyes, being carried away in the back of a paddy wagon holding onto the vertical bars, and hiccupping, of course). The police chief hopes that this will speed up the drunk transport process and free-up the officer's time to eat more donuts fight more crime.

Harris County has one of the highest DWI rates in the country. HPD is hoping that this new vehicle will help lower those rates in the city.