Police seeking volunteer drunks

A US Police Department was over-run by volunteers keen to get drunk as a skunk. 

The Kutztown Police Department in Pennsylvania, was looking for members of the public willing to drink to excess to help train officers in field sobriety tests.

The roles were filled almost immediately. 

"We have an overwhelming response for this," read a police statement. "And at this point we have enough volunteers."

The department set a few stipulations when it made the original request. Participants for the training exercise had to be in good health, with a clean criminal record and no history of drug or alcohol abuse. 

They had to sign a waiver, and they need a sober companion prepared to take care of them afterward.

And, of course, they had to "be willing to drink hard liquor to the point of inebriation."

Hopefuls both young and old were unhappy with the requirement that participants would have to be within the ages of 25 and 40.

Kutztown (above) is a college town just down the road from Allentown, made famous by Billy Joel. 

The sobriety test training won't take place until April.