Transcript Reducing Violence by Enforcing Effective Liquor Laws

Presented at the
European Network on Alcohol Law Enforcement
Stockholm, Sweden
November 16, 2012
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State, Provincial, County, Municipal &
Campus Law Enforcement Personnel
 Sworn and non-sworn officers
 Vested interest in liquor law enforcement matters
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Non-governmental association
 Unaffiliated with the alcohol industry
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To build close professional and personal
relationships among liquor law enforcement
officials.
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To secure a unity of action in law
enforcement matters.
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To enhance the standards of liquor law
enforcement personnel and the training of
the law enforcement profession generally.
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Improving the standards and practices of
liquor law enforcement.
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Facilitating the professional development of
our members.
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Publicly recognizing the role and
achievements of liquor law enforcement in
protecting and promoting public safety.
Collect and disseminate research data.
 Consult with law enforcement agencies to provide
technical assistance on:
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 Best practices
 Policy development
Advise lawmakers on alcohol-related policy
 Conduct the NLLEA Training Academy
 Host Annual Conference
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Research has demonstrated that
enforcement of policies limiting service
to underage persons and intoxicated
patrons reduces alcohol-related
problems and improves public safety
and reduces crime.
Ratio of Licensees to Agents - 2011
Three key components:
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The perceived likelihood that a
violation will lead to apprehension;
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The perceived swiftness with which a
penalty will be imposed; and
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The extent of the penalty.
Routine Enforcement: Compliance Checks,
Bar Inspections, etc.
Targeted Data Driven Enforcement: Problem Bars
Enhanced Enforcement and Educational Operations
Underage Compliance Checks
Sales to Intoxicated Persons Operations
Support for Sobriety Checkpoints
 Undercover Operations (gangs, drugs,
corruption, gambling, prostitution)
 Nuisance Abatement
 Compliance with operating hours, safety
standards
 Retail Licensee Training
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Compliance Checks/Decoy Operations
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Shoulder Tap Operations
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Party Patrol/Party Dispersal
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Fake ID Investigations – Use and
Manufacturing
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Sales to Intoxicated Person Operations
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Alcohol-Related Fatality Investigations
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Place of Last Drink Data
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Nuisance Locations
 Involvement of other agencies
Place of Last Drink Notices - 2001
Build Awareness and
Community Support
Editorial: Overserving rules must be enforced
The Northwestern, August 9, 2012
Who's responsible when someone gets behind the wheel drunk? …
By law, bartenders have a responsibility to stop serving people who are drunk, and
to take reasonable measures to ensure that those patrons are not putting others in
danger when they leave the bar…Those laws simply are not enforced in central
Wisconsin.
If bartenders are to be held responsible for overserving, bar owners should be, too,
in the way that both are held responsible when taverns are caught serving minors.
Local police offer training to taverns that's more in depth and detailed than staterequired Internet courses. And last, police need to take seriously their duty to
enforce the law. Police say it's difficult to prove the charge. But at a minimum,
investigations into overserving charges ought to follow drunken driving fatalities.
Place of Last Drink Notices - 2010
Another bar in city shut down
By Keith Eddings, Aug 14, 2012, Eagle Tribune
The year-long crackdown on nightlife in the city claimed another bar last
week as the state revoked Fuego Latino’s liquor license following a string of
fire code and liquor law violations, including serving a minor, offering illegal
drink specials and allowing “grossly overcrowded conditions.” …
Fuego Latino is the third bar in the city to lose its liquor license during the last
year, although the other two — La Guira and Marabu Café — have remained
open pending appeals. The city ordered the two bars to close following
shootings inside them, including a double homicide in La Guira on Sept. 6,
2010…
Closing Fuego Latino extends a crackdown on nightlife in Lawrence that
began last summer, after a series of shootings and stabbings in the bars and
nightclubs that climaxed Aug. 24 when a fight spilled out of a bar and ignited
a brawl that spread across five city blocks.
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Community awareness and support
Training and resources
Strategic partnerships
Complimentary policies
Evaluation of efforts
 Local level
 Innovative strategies
National Liquor Law Enforcement Association
11720 Beltsville Drive, Suite 900
Calverton, MD, 20705 USA
Phone: 301-755-2795
Website: http://www.nllea.org
[email protected]
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