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Improving Collaboraton andsustainability for efectveenforcement
Sgt. Scot A. Friedlein April 9, 2016Meetng of the MindsKansas City, MO
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Today’s youth are getngolder younger and youngerolder!As a consequence of this they are experiencinga extended period of risk taking behavior.
• Underage drinking is an adult crime.• Traditonal forms of enforcement like
pouring it out are a thing of the past.• Every so ofen there are those who are
challenging us with suggestons of alower drinking age…what impact willthat have????
Changes to our way of thinking
Spending paterns
About 20% of college students meet the criteriafor an Alcohol Use Disorder
WE NEED TO WORKTOGETHER !
Colleges / Universities and theCommunity need to build
partnerships with each other. Wemust also reach out to the
communities from which thestudents come.
If Community OrientedPolicing doesn’t work in
the campus environment,then it can’t work
ANYWHERE!
Two Principle Canons ofCommunity Oriented Policing
• Building Partnerships with theCommunity
• Solving Problems
Litgaton
• Colleges andUniversites and theircharter organizatonsare being hit with mult-million dollar lawsuitsfor negligence inwrongful injury anddeath cases directlyrelated to alcoholabuse.
Litgaton
West Virginia Universitydenies negligence in student’salcohol-related death
Nov. 12, 2014: A West VirginiaUniversity fraternity pledge drank a lethal amount of alcohol shortly before he died during aninitaton functon.
Tests showed 18-year-old Nolan MichaelBurch's blood alcohol level was 0.493 --more than six tmes the legal limit of0.08 for driving.
Burch was among 20 pledges whoreceived a botle of liquor from a seniormember or alumnus of the fraternityKappa Sigma for the initaton.
Credit: CBS NEWS
Hazingwhistleblowersuesfraternity,Penn State
June 8, 2015 -
James Vivenzio,
21, claims in his
lawsuit that he
was subjected to
cigarete burns,
late-night line-ups
that involved
“force-feeding
bucketuls of
liquor mixed with
urine, vomit, hot
sauce and other
liquid and semi-
solid ingredients,”
“gladiator” games
risking bodily
injuries, and
drinking hard
liquor nonstop
untl vomitng was
induced.
The lawsuit claims
the abuse took
place despite
public assurances
by the school and
fraternity of “zero
tolerance” toward
hazing.
By
John Bacon, USA TODAY
Strategy
1. Educaton and Awareness Programs
2. Community Involvement
3. Increased Enforcement Actvites
4. Develop and Implement Clear and Consistent Alcohol Policies
5. Media Support
Educaton and Awareness
• Make alcohol education a priority.
– Handout information on alcohol related laws,code of conduct and policies of the campus andcommunity.
– Get student groups, (i.e., fraternities andsororities) involved in educational programs andthe solution.
– Present, comprehensive, yet short, educationalprograms. Make them real for the students.
Educaton and Awareness
• Involve the community in these programs
– Community based support
• Positive community messages
• Support for safe rides and other community safetyprograms.
• Input on enforcement and policies changes on campus andin the community.
– Industry based support
• Messages in bars
• RBS Training programs
• Good community members
Educaton and Awareness
• Set up an Alcohol Anonymous group oncampus.
• Have an AODO Office to spearhead efforts• Provide confidential counseling to students with
drinking problems.• Recruit students to help each other.• Build a sense of community pride and
responsibility.
Community
• HOW DO WE GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED ANDWHO IS THE COMMUNITY ?
– ASK !
– Students
– Faculty / Staf / Administrators
– Local Businesses
– Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement
– Parents, Clergy, Counselors, Support Groups
Enforcement
• Establish specific goals within the communityregarding the enforcement of liquor lawviolations.
• Enforce the liquor laws with the assistance ofthe campus police, local agencies, stateagencies and establishment owners, throughtask force initiatives.
• Convey to the student body and the communitythat a joint liquor law enforcement effort is inplace.
Enforcement
• As new liquor laws have been developed so hascome the challenge of adequately enforcing them.
• Enforcement has and will contnue to focus on themanufacturing, sale, possession and consumptonof alcohol.
• Many “best practces” have been developed andnew enforcement strategies contnue to bedeveloped
Enforcement Tactcs
• Compliance Checks
• Shoulder Taps
• Party Patrols and Preventon
• Bar Sweeps / Street Sweeps
• Cops In Shops
• Keg Registraton / Enforcement
• Source Investgatons
• False ID enforcement / Training
• DUI / Zero Tolerance Enforcement
Alcohol Policies
• Community and Campus Policies should beconsistent.
– How will open containers, even by those already 21, betransported across campus or in the community?
– Will open containers of alcohol be allowed on campus /on the public streets?
– What is the community and campus policy on kegs andmultple cases?
– Keg Regulaton on and of campus.
– Are there limits in place?
Alcohol Policies
– What is the policy for alcohol in theresidence halls, Greek houses and othercampus venues?
– What are the Tailgatng policies and whatenforcement occurs during those events?
– Do we share informaton with othercolleges?
– Parental Notfcaton?
– Are reports shared with student discipline?
Suggestons for Campus basedPolicies• Establish a policy for possession or manufacture of
fake I.D. cards.
• Establish a zero tolerance for alcohol relatedviolence.
• Regulate the use of alcohol by fraternites andsororites.
• Control street partes and street festvals byworking closely with the community.
• Establish Civil Disobedience Policy
Collaboraton – who’s involved
• Police agencies
• Regulatory agencies
• Dean of Students / Student discipline
• Preventon teams
• Community volunteers
• Student Groups
• Medical resources
• Athletcs
Why sustain the program?
• Program was started for a reason….why stop?• Success of the program may lead to other
enforcement issues that may need to beaddressed.
• Reinforces the positve behaviors and encouragescontnued compliant behavior.
• Failure to contnue may result in a renewal of theproblem.
• Without sustainability, will the community beable to address other enforcement issues thatarise?
Barriers to Sustainability
• The enforcement is not a priority for the ofcers ordepartment.
• Politcs involving the alcohol industry and thecommunity.
• Resources are focused in other areas.
• Stafng issues may limit ability to enforce.
• Grant-based funding runs out, leaving no fundingfor program.
• Other funding and resource issues.
Steps to Sustainability
• Ofcer and departmental buy in…questons to ask.
– What is preventng the ofcers and departmentfrom making this a priority?
– How do alcohol issues impact the lineofcer?
– Can focused enforcement eforts reduce problemsassociated with youth access?
– If resources and funding were in unlimited supply,would alcohol enforcement become a priority?
Steps to Sustainability
• Community acceptance –– Has the community embraced the existng
programs?
– What informaton will be useful to thecommunity?
– What enforcement programs needsustaining and what are the benefts ofthose programs?
Steps to Sustainability
• Industry acceptance –
– Through existng enforcement programs, has the industrychanged the way they are doing business?
– Have the results of the enforcement eforts led to areducton problems at the business?
– Has the level of professionalism by employees improved?
Steps to Sustainability
• Existng Program Evaluaton– What have become the foundatonal enforcement and
educatonal programs your community is using?
– What is the desired level of enforcement needed tosustain the current level of compliance?
– Is the current level of compliance meetng the desires ofthe community?
– What is the optmum level of enforcement for thecommunity?
Steps to Sustainability
• Strategic Planning
– What are the overall goals for enforcing liquor laws andaddressing youth access issues?
– Is there an antcipated change in policies that may needto be addressed through enforcement or educatonalprograms?
– Identfy and prioritze the enforcement and educatonalprograms needed and estmate their costs.
Steps to Sustainability
• Strategic Planning– Identfy the level of enforcement /
educaton needed and determine overallcosts.
– Do funding levels support program levels?
Funding Resources
• What’s available….• Building enforcement actvites into the budget.
• Liquor commissioner budget• Police department budget
• Creatng alcohol enforcement assignments or units.• Licensing fees….building enforcement into the
licensing fee structure.• Allocatng the licensee fnes issued to support
enforcement programs.• Charge for calls for service at problem locatons.
Funding Resources
– As part of local fne structure, building in an enforcementallocaton.
– DUI fne assessments directed at alcohol enforcementinitatves.
– Grants and mini-grants.• Local grants ofered through foundatons, etc.
• Department of Transportaton mini-grants
• SAMHSA grants
• Specialized grants
Program Management
• Are we efectvely managing the enforcement andeducatonal programs?
• Are we conductng routne evaluaton of ourefectveness?
• Are we looking at other policy issues that may needto be addressed?
• Is our program fexible enough to allow a change inenforcement or educatonal actvites based onneed or community demands?
• Have we established reasonable long term goals?
