ODB, years ago in Sydney, a very high profile sportsperson got smashed on a night out.
It was reported a taxi driver found him (in the gutter, I think) and tried to find out where he lived. He was that drunk he could hardly speak. So the taxi driver put him in his cab, took him to the local nick who put him in a cell til he sobered up. The coppers let him out, called a cab and sent him on his way.
This tells me something about both aussie cab drivers and aussie coppers and the difference with their UK counterparts.
Look at what will happen now, She's charged, multiple bit of paper to fill in, solicitors/Lawyers employed on both sides. Court time taken up, when the courts are already overloaded. The copper taken off his duties for some time to handle this. All for, what I would call a misdemeanor.
Really, are your coppers that thin skinned?