IOWA STATE PATROL Underage Drinking Enforcement. The Iowa State Patrol Celebrated It’s 75 th Anniversary in 2010

IOWA STATE PATROLUnderage Drinking Enforcement

The Iowa State PatrolCelebrated It’s 75th Anniversary in 2010

IOWA STATE PATROL ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT

Since it’s inception in 1935, alcohol enforcement has always been a primary enforcement initiative in the Iowa State Patrol.

Iowa is currently ranked 3rd in the nation with the lowest number of alcohol related collisions.

IOWA STATE PATROL ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT Brief history of underage enforcement. . .

In 2004, the Iowa State Patrol received federal funding through the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau for formulate ASAP teams.

The primary focus of the 2004 ASAP teams was alcohol enforcement and compliance checks of licensed retailers.


Enforcement History of Underage Alcohol Enforcement As a result of the year long ASAP program, the alcohol

related fatality rate in Iowa dropped to historic lows.

Once the funding ran out and the pressure eased up, the alcohol related fatality rate began a steady climb again.

In 2010, the alcohol fatality rate was once again driven down by aggressive alcohol enforcement.



Enforcement History of Underage Alcohol Enforcement

The group of drivers most represented in a 10 year summary of fatalities in Iowa is the age group 15-24 years of age.

This group of drivers also represents the majority of collisions involving alcohol in Iowa.


IOWA STATE PATROL ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT Enforcement History of Underage Alcohol Enforcement

IOWA STATE PATROL ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT Enforcement of Underage Drinking Laws EUDL

Collaborative effort through Iowa’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Division.

Iowa State Patrol participation started in January 2010

Currently funded in eight Judicial Districts with additional funding to support statewide programs.


Iowa allocates EUDL funds to each of the eight judicial districts based on child population and each district’s local planning efforts.

The Iowa State Patrol is provided a list of all other EUDL subcontractors within these districts and has been able to coordinate EUDL programs with these agencies.

IOWA STATE PATROL ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIPS:

AC4C - The Alliance of Coalitions 4 Change is a statewide network seeking to increase the synergy of substance abuse efforts in Iowa.

Helping Services – This is a prevention agency that supports and promotes the health of children and adults by giving them the tools needed to eliminate the damaging effects of substance abuse.

Parameters of the Iowa State Patrol EUDL Program

Bi-annual compliance checks of all licensed convenience store alcohol retailers located in the funded Districts.

Utilization of undercover juvenile buyers carefully supervised by plain clothes officers in the store.

The Iowa State Patrol conducts these operations under department policy that governs the procedures used.

Each operation is reviewed and approved through local county attorneys to help ensure a prosecutable case.


Organized party patrols targeting underage social events.

High School Homecoming High School Proms High School Graduation parties Summer lake patrol in cooperation with Iowa DNR Night time air wing patrol to spot rural parties in remote areas


Alcohol enforcement saturation patrols targeting community events where young people are likely to consume alcohol.

Annual community celebrations in rural Iowa RAGBRAI (great bicycle ride across Iowa) College sports and campus celebrations Holiday weekends where alcohol consumption is traditionally

high.


Safety education programs in Iowa’s High Schools

The Iowa State Patrol maintains 14 safety education officers whose primary responsibility is to conduct programs that address traffic safety issues that impact young drivers.

Programs that are designed to discourage drug and alcohol usage are the primary focus of these programs.

Iowa State Patrol EUDL Program Results of the EUDL Program in 2010?

A 55% increase in juvenile citations written by the Iowa State Patrol for alcohol possession in 2010 over the three proceeding year average.

A statewide initiative using EUDL funding in December of 2010 resulted in a 50% statewide decrease in fatalities compared to a previous 6 year average.

District 1 is the largest District in the State Patrol and on average had arrested 23 OWIs in the previous six years. In December of 2010, they arrested 60 OWIs.

Iowa State Patrol EUDL Program

Iowa State Patrol District 2 Program This District experienced a dramatic upswing in fatalities in

the 3rd quarter of 2010 with 12 serious collisions which killed 15 people.

District supervisors formulated an aggressive EUDL program that encompassed:

Alcohol compliance checks in 80 convenience store establishments. 23% of establishments failed the checks.

Weekend saturation enforcement projects were conducted on each Friday and Saturday nights, targeting the hours of 11:00 pm to 3:00 am


Iowa State Patrol District 2 Program These saturation projects were conducted in October and

November and were very effective in their impact: 20 Operating While Intoxicated arrests 5 Juvenile .02 operating charges 10 Open container charges 16 minor in possession of alcohol charges. For the 20 shifts that were worked, 729 motorist contacts which

is an average of 36 contacts per officer on a duty shift.

Iowa State Patrol District 2 Program. The chart below shows the fatalities occurring in October and November from 2005- 2009.

Iowa State Patrol District 2 Program.

These nine counties had averaged 4.8 fatalities over the previous 5 year period.

Aggressive enforcement of alcohol violations on the highway and at convenience stores in these counties reduced the fatality rate to just 1 fatality in this nine county area in the final months of 2010.


Results of the EUDL Program? The Iowa State Patrol’s EUDL enforcement program

operating under the parameters presented has had a tremendous impact on the drinking and driving behavior in Iowa.

While it’s never possible to say how many lives were saved, statistics tell us there were numerous families who were spared the heartbreak of loosing a loved one in 2010 as a result of these enforcement efforts.


What else is being done??

Iowa State Patrol Ledger System

WHY THE NEED FOR A LEDGER SYSTEM?

The need for consistency with all State Patrol Districts on tracking of EUDL funds, GTSB funds, or any type of buyback funds and Cash Accounts.

The need for a streamlined , efficient system of managing cash transactions, any form of buyback, checking activity, reporting activity and or funds used quickly and easily.

A central database is formed. EUDL is expanding GTSB monies will become available for shift BuyBack. Follow established policy Everything in one location Querying information is more efficient Elimination of old forms Reporting the old way is time consuming We have the capability , technology, and the resources and people to implement

this …..so lets use them.

Goals of the system Easy to use Data easily extracted Data easily entered Paperless Communication at all levels

Automated notification by email when account is accessed or changed.

One click buttons to send activity to finance One click buttons to upload information to ADB (next version) Each Captain and HQ will know when funds are being spent Follow rules on spending EUDL funds by defining specific projects.

Creates accountability of all cash funds and shift moines Easier Audits Easy reporting to Alcohol Beverage Division Easy reporting to DHR. (Jeanne Foster) Less errors Elimination of outdated forms Security features Enhance the abilities of our field personnel.

One stop shopping?

The Ledger is linked to several things by just a click of the mouse:

Schedule Software for the Iowa State Patrol Alcoholic Beverage Division Power DMS which contains all department polices and procedures Oracle (data base of enforcement activity) Google maps Audit forms Help link Judicial District contact information

1 click links continued Checklist (coming in next version) Judicial District reporting form All establishments that have a liquor license in the State of Iowa Underage informant policy Trooper project report PDF file of activity for the specific project worked (1 click) Download any type of file to attach to the project.

Photo of the Juvenile Completed Audit form Copy of any citation and report issued to establishment for underage violations List of expenditures for alcohol buys

EUDL FUNDING PRODUCES MORE THAN ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS………….

How EUDL funding is effective for the Iowa State Patrol.

Ledger system communicationThe Ledger system knows who is making the entry changes

It knows what to let you do and not do It knows which area you are located in It knows to let certain people know that a event and or project has occurred or is going to occur.

Security

The District Lieutenant logs-in the same way they log into oracle.

They only see what funds pertain to them.

The system can be accessed on any DPS computer on the network.

The system tracks who made changes.

The system will time and date stamp entries.

TraCs and the Ledger System talk to each other.

When the TAR/TraCs report is filled out it creates information in the ledger.

They have to work together to get the proper data

If the TAR/TraCs report is filled out wrong the ledger will give you inaccurate data.

Here is how it works…. DEMO TAR

Creating a Project or event

A project or event is defined as any transaction in which you use the ledger/system for creating the information.

Reporting information

Checking the Troopers Activity

Uploading files

Links

Google maps the location of violations for us

http://batchgeo.com/map/32d826bad93f8e92394b4c99b3a6f62

Ledger and Google maps working together


Alcohol Retailer Cooler Cling Program 75% of 11th graders in Iowa believe it is easy or very easy to get alcohol if they

want it. . . .they either buy it themselves or get someone who is legal age to buy it for them.

Vinyl clings were initiated by a prevention agency, Helping Services. A collaborative design was created for the statewide project by Helping Services, Iowa State Patrol and Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Division.

They are distributed to convenience store retailers that are licensed for alcohol sales and placed on glass coolers doors where alcohol is stored.

The $1500 fine for illegally providing alcohol to a minor is included on the cling and serves to discourage those who routinely purchase alcohol for minors.

Parameters of the I-ALERT Under 21 Can’t Be Done

Web site designed to support retailers in reducing youth alcohol consumption.

Include specific sections of Iowa Code that pertain to alcohol sales.

Provides guidelines for establishing in-store polices for retailers.

http://dev.iowai.org/molly/MR_I-ALERTS/index.html

Opening page provides the option of the development of an on premises or off premises policy.

Contact Information

Captain Curt Henderson 515-725-6090 [email protected]

Lieutenant Ken Clary 641-342-2108 [email protected]

Sergeant Thomas Lampe 515-725-6113 [email protected]

Major Richard Kinseth•515-725-6090•[email protected]

Jeanie Foster•515-281-8092•[email protected]

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IOWA STATE PATROL Underage Drinking Enforcement. The Iowa State Patrol Celebrated It’s 75 th Anniversary in 2010