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OJJDP Center for Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws
State Highlights 2002
Alabama
Motto: We Dare Defend Our Rights
Statewide Compliance working with ABC
Statewide RBS Training
MADD-Alabama State Youth Advisory Board
Alaska
Motto: North to the Future
ABC continues to be a strong force in the state
Alaska legislature finally passed a statewide alcohol excise tax
Coordination between local law enforcement and the Alaska Alcohol Beverage Control has reduced the failure rate on package stores
Arizona
Motto: God Enriches
Law enforcement received two unmarked vehicles with in house video systems to conduct additional underage drinking operations
Legislation was introduced regarding consumption verbiage changes in the MIP laws, specifically to address consumption locality
Multi-Jurisdictional enforcement cooperation related highway safety
Arkansas
Motto: The People Rule
ABC Enforcement Conducted – 1295 Compliance Checks in 2001
Decrease of sales to minors in Arkansas County
Coalition for Tobacco Free Arkansas and Arkansas Department of Health to conduct Teen Summit on Alcohol and Tobacco for grades 9-12
California
Motto: I Have Found It!
Conducted 65 decoy operations at 265 off sale locations, resulting in 1,279 contacts and 213 arrests
Trained 168 enforcement personnel in deploying decoy operations
Trained 75 decoys to assist enforcement and trained 77 youth in media advocacy
Colorado
Motto: Nothing Without Providence
Fake Driver License Operations
Law Enforcement Officials Trainings on Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws
Strengthened Working Relationship between Local Police Departments, Sheriff Offices and State Liquor Control
Connecticut
Motto: He Who Transplanted Still Sustains
Funded 29 Communities to Develop Comprehensive Approaches to STOP Underage Drinking
Over 10 Communities Passed Local Ordinances to Stop Underage Drinking
Over 1,000 youth have participated in Connecticut coalition events
District of Columbia
Motto: Justice for All
Developed campus/community ordinances
Developed a Responsible Alcohol Server program
Work with law enforcement to resume compliance checks
Delaware
Motto: Liberty and Independence
Developed Sticker Shock Program Merchant, DABC, Youth, and Media partnership
Developed Life Skills Training-4H Groups
Enhanced DE State Police-Enforcement Efforts
Florida
Motto: In God We Trust
Creation of the Office of Drug Control
Publication of the Florida Youth Survey
Prevention Conference Brings Together 1,500 Adults and Youth
Georgia
Motto: Wisdom, Justice and Moderation
The Cobb Underage TaskForce was successful in introducing amendments to the Cobb County Code of Ordinances
Passage of Senate Bill #99, Keg Registration
After January 1, 2002, all licensees applying for an alcoholic beverage license, must attend an approved alcohol sales and service policy workshop
Hawaii
Motto: The Life of the Land Is Perpetuated in Righteousness
Hawaii County received an EUDL discretionary grant in the spring of 2001 Hawaii’s Project PAU adopted a statewide strategic plan to address some of the following goals
reducing youth access to alcohol
Increasing enforcement of laws related to underage drinking conducting education and prevention activities creating media advocacy and policies
Idaho
Motto: It Is Forever
Working with Local Law Enforcement to Enforce Underage Drinking Laws
Funding for State Library Videos
Eleven Different Focus Groups were Held Throughout Idaho
Illinois
Motto: State Sovereignty National Union
Developed Community Tool Kit to address underage alcohol use at local level
Developed an Enforcement Officers Course
Funded Illinois State Police to assist eight local police districts
Indiana
Motto: The Crossroads of America
Keg Tracking was passed into law Over 300 students from around the state participated in Youth Summit – January 2002 Over 150 youth participated in a Youth Legislative Breakfast at the Indiana Statehouse
Iowa
Motto: Our Liberties We Prize & Our Rights We Will Maintain
Worked with the Iowa Sate University Office of Public Safety to Establish "Social Norms" projects
Get a Grip Program
Drivers Education Curriculum and Training Specific to Drinking and Driving
Kansas
Motto: To the Stars Through Difficulties
Kansas Department of Transportation – Pilot Communities Program
CARE-CALL Media Campaign
Statewide Keg Registration, July 2002
Kentucky
Motto: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Development of an Underage Drinking Program: CHOICES
Cops In Shops Program
Operation Zero Tolerance Program
Louisiana
Motto: Union, Justice, and Confidence
Project FOCUS, (Fighting Off Campus Underage Sales)
Reductions in Statewide Non Compliance Rates
Responsible Vendor
Maine
Motto: I Lead
A comprehensive approach that involves people from all walks of life working together
First time compliance checks to begin October 2002
Sub-grants funding a statewide task force
Maryland
Motto: Manly Deeds, Womanly Words
Between 1998 and 2001, underage drinking among Maryland 6th graders decreased 30%
Several police academies have incorporated underage drinking enforcement strategies into the curriculum for all students
Implemented a law which allows police to write citations for retailers who sell alcohol to minors
Massachusetts
Motto: By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace Only Under Liberty
Social norms campaign: Berkshire County colleges/Western Massachusetts
Developed teens at risk intervention/prevention program
Developed Cape Cod underage drinking program: youth forum/town meeting May 2002
Michigan
Motto: If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You
Special events enforcement program
Party Patrol Pilot Program
Look-out, Cops in Shops and Compliance operations
Minnesota
Motto: The Star of The North
Communities Requesting Funds to do Compliance Checks and Other UAD Strategies
Technical assistance to communities
Youth Involvement on the Legislative Level
Mississippi
Motto: By Valor and Arms
MS Division of Public Safety Planning & MADD, MS are involved with subgrant to provide a Court Monitor
MS DPSP and AG's Office have an agreement which allows AG's Office to provide compliance checks at retail o
MS DPSP and Jackson County Children's Services have subgrant to reduce the sale of alcoholic beverages to underage drinkers
Missouri
Motto: The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law
Partners in Environmental Change (Campus/community Coalitions to Reduce Underage Drinking)
Expanding graduated sanctions from a city wide (Springfield) effort to a county-wide (Greene County) effort
Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces
Montana
Motto: Gold and Silver
Providing vendor training to all licensed alcohol retailers
City Ordinances - 1) Keg Registration and 2) Records kept for six months
A collaborative effort to achieve consistency and unification in MIP citations
Nebraska
Motto: Equality Before the Law
Statewide compliance check operations through partnership with Project Extra Mile
Columbus Community Forum: “Join Us in Going the Extra Mile: A Discussion of How Underage Drinking is impacting Our Communities”
Effectively used media and community advocacy to block a proposal by the liquor industry and the grocer’s association
Nevada
Motto: All for Our Country
Partnered with the Nevada Interscholastic Athletic Association to develop a standardized statewide alcohol and drug policy Implemented a data tracking system for compliance check outcomes From 1999 to 2001, across the board 5% reduction in alcohol related risk behaviors as reported in the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey
New Hampshire
Motto: Live Free or Die
Improved state and local law enforcement agencies collaboration
Expanded the Coverage Area of Law Enforcement Coalitions
Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Training to Local Law Enforcement Agencies
New Jersey
Motto: Liberty and Prosperity
As of May 30, 2002 - 374 Cops in Shops arrests
Implementation of an award winning 30 second PSA entitled "Down the Shore"
Created follow-up series to the "Philly Gold" award winning comic strip "Over the Limit"
New Mexico
Motto: It Grows as it Goes
Developed the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, Special Investigations Division
Increased training and technical assistance to funded communities
Enhanced the prevention/education programs by using training and technical assistance to strengthen the programs and promote best practices
New York
Motto: Ever Upward
First Statewide Prevention Conference
New Initiative to Increase Sales Compliance at the Local Level
Mandatory Server Training and Keg Registration Laws
North Carolina
Motto: To Be Rather Than To Seem
Project CAMPUS (Collaborative
Alcohol Management Project for University Success)
Held Community Coalitions Up and Running
Secret Shopper Program-1500 compliance checks
North Dakota
Motto: Liberty and Union, Now & Forever, One & Inseparable
Media Campaign :
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Governor Spouse’s initiative
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development of an underage drinking video talking about ND laws Law enforcement operations
Juvenile Drug Court
Ohio
Motto: With God, All Things Are Possible
Parents Who Host Lose The Most Media Campaign won the Ohio Exemplary Prevention Program for State Fiscal Year 2002
The Ohio Soft Drink Association donated funds to produce a PSA
Ohio Parents For Drug Free Youth issued a grant announcement to all 88 counties in Ohio
Oklahoma
Motto: Labor Conquers All Things
Project Under 21 establishes a toll free tip line 1-866-STOP-U21
Project Under 21 trained over 325 law enforcement officers in 4 OJJDP/UDETC Trainings
Project Under 21 distributed over 625,831 promotional items
Oregon
Motto: She Flies with Her Own Wings
Sponsored a 1-day summit bringing together local prevention professionals and law enforcement staff
College Campus Staff Sponsored with HED a 2-day training for campus staff
State and RWJ grantee worked closely to sponsor three interactive displays at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Pennsylvania
Motto: Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
9 Colleges and Universities have Implemented Prevention Initiatives in the Area of Underage Drinking
Partnership with Pennsylvanians Against Underage Drinking
The Hotline – 1-888-UNDER21
Rhode Island
Motto: The Ocean State
4 new Radio ads one each to target underage youth, young adults, parents and merchants
Passage of Keg Registration Bill out of Senate Committee. Currently awaiting vote in General Assembly.
New outdoor advertising campaign on billboards and transit shelters throughout the State
South Carolina
Motto: While I Breathe, I Hope
Statewide Press Conference to Release SC Task Force on Underage Drinking Recommendations
Building Comprehensive Program and Relationship with State Law Enforcement Division (SLED)
South Dakota
Motto: Under God, the People Rule
Diversion Programs
Safe Community Coalition efforts
Law Enforcement efforts- high visibility enforcement through OT hours, especially during prom and graduation week
Tennessee
Motto: Agriculture and Commerce
Provided training to law enforcement officials
Increased compliance investigations
Developing Youth in Action groups throughout the state
Texas
Motto: Friendship
CJD Awarded Funds for a Comprehensive Partnership to Reduce Underage Drinking Through Prevention, Intervention, and Interdiction
A Statewide Project Awarded That Targets Retailer Education and Technical Assistance
Awards were made to the cities of Brownsville and El Paso to combat underage drinking of youth coming and going across the Texas-Mexico border
Utah
Motto: Industry
Youth Court Convention - 335 Youth Leaders and Adult Advisors, Representing 44 Courts Statewide Enforcement Drinking Enforcement - The Little Sahara Sand Dunes Peer Prevention Training - High School Peer Leader Programs
Vermont
Motto: Freedom & Unity
START (Stop Teen Alcohol Risk Teams) Doubled
Increased Enforcement has Created an Increased Demand for Adolescent Specific Intervention/Assessment Services
The Development of Tools Which Support Those Who Sell Alcohol to Better Assure that Youth are Not Served
Virginia
Motto: Thus Always to Tyrants
Development of training for local law enforcement on the ABC Laws
Held Policy Option training facilitated by PIRE for 23 communities
Implementation of a Social Norms Campaign in the Community College System
Washington
Motto: Alki (Chinook for “Bye and Bye”)
Washington Prevention Summit – 125 Law Enforcement Officials & 800 Participants
Increased Enforcement Activities
Launched a Statewide Youth Initiative – Washington Allied Youth in Action
West Virginia
Motto: Mountaineers Are Always Free
Created a partnership with ABC; developing regional training(s) and subgrantee coordination Implemented a new scanning technology enabling better enforcement Sponsored an Alcohol Enforcement Specialist training which included the sobriety obstacle course for community members
Wisconsin
Motto: Forward
Project Forward
Goal for Youth Alcohol Enforcement
Comprehensive Alcohol Risk Reduction Program:
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COPS IN SHOP & PARTY PATROL
Wyoming
Motto: Equal Rights
School Resource Officers...three day training for all SRO's in state on underage drinking issues
Training Workshop for Municipal Judges around the state
Legislative changes mandating compliance checks