Law Enforcement Strategies

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Law Enforcement Strategies

• Bill Patterson
• Sr. Program Manager for Law Enforcement
• Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center

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Routine, Ongoing Compliance Checks
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Teen Parties in Public and Private Setting
andAdult Suppliers of Teen Parties
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Zero Tolerance Laws
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Commercial Licensing Restrictions
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Fake IDs
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Shoulder Tap Programs
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Effective Partnerships

• State
• County
• Local

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Cooperation between the Dept. of Revenue
Alcohol Tax Division and the Georgia Alcohol
Policy Partnership led to Over 6,000 compliance
checks statewide between 2001 and 2003. A
reduction in illegal sales by almost 50

percent. The overall rate of
compliance in 2003 was 78 percent, although
compliance rates in several communities were even
higher.
Georgia
Georgia, 2004
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• Sandoval County tackled retail sales of alcohol
  to minors through
• Merchant education and training
• Strategic use of media (media advocacy)
• Impressive changes in retail compliance
• 21 in 2002
• 92 in 2003
• In subsequent shoulder tap operations no
  individuals purchased alcohol for youth.

New Mexico, 2004
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• In Piscataquis County, a multi-agency task force
  implemented comprehensive enforcement of underage
  drinking laws after law enforcement adopted an
  agency policy of active enforcement.
• The results
• 13 decrease in students reporting easy access to
  alcohol.
• 32 increase in student perception of
  apprehension by police for underage drinking.
• Lower rate of past 30 day alcohol use among high
  school students compared to the state average
  (36 in the county vs. 42 statewide).
• 35 decrease in current marijuana use among
  high-school students.

Maine, 2005
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Contact Info UDETC

• Bill Patterson, Senior Program Manager for Law
  Enforcement
• PIREs Chapel Hill North Carolina Center
• [phone]
• E-mail bpatterson_at_udetc.org
• Website www.udetc.org