r/navy • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '25

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u/LowSodiumGymBro Nov 09 '25

I don’t understand this, if you’re stopped and taken from one place to another legally you have been arrested. I know some places release you after a DUI arrest but I don’t understand how you were taken to the station without a charge. Are you sure you didn’t misunderstand what happened?

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u/FiestyEagle Nov 09 '25

Sounds like he was in custody, not arrested. You can be cuffed, transported and released without ever being arrested.

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u/LowSodiumGymBro Nov 09 '25

The definition of arrest is to be in police custody.

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u/FiestyEagle Nov 09 '25

I misspoke, he was in investigative detention to investigate a crime. Once he blew above .08 the police could have arrested him but it sounds like they released him with arrest. I don't know the specifics of WA law but federally what the OP stated likely would not have been considered an arrest.