The Hazelwood Police Department has received a grant for $11,812 from the Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Block Grants Program, which is administered by the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).\u00a0 These funds will be used by the department to enforce underage drinking laws that pertain to liquor license establishments and special events, announced Hazelwood Police Chief Carl Wolf.<\/p>\n
In accordance with guidelines outlined in the Revised Statutes of Missouri and the State Division of Alcohol and Tobacco, the HPD will conduct compliance checks at establishments that sell packaged liquor and at those that sell liquor by the drink such as bars and restaurants.\u00a0 Trained undercover youth buyers, ages 18 or 19, will assist Hazelwood police officers with these investigations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe youth we use for the compliance checks will only be allowed to enter the establishment with his\/her Missouri state identification and the money given to them by our police officers,\u201d said Chief Wolf.\u00a0 \u201cThe youth go in and select a pre-determined alcoholic beverage, bring it to the counter and attempt to make a purchase.\u00a0 This incident is witnessed by an undercover officer and an audio recording is made.\u00a0 If a sales transaction takes place, our undercover officer immediately initiates an investigation and issues a municipal court summons to the sales clerk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chief Wolf further explains that the HPD gives business owners and their staff a \u201cpat on the back\u201d if they refuse to make the sales transaction.\u00a0 \u201cStores that do not sell beer to the undercover youth are notified about their compliance by the Officer in charge of the investigation.\u00a0 I also like to send them a follow-up letter congratulating them on their good work,\u201d added Chief Wolf.<\/p>\n
The HPD started receiving this funding in 2008.\u00a0 Since then, the department\u2019s compliance failure rate has steadily declined which proves its effectiveness.\u00a0 In 2008, the compliance failure rate was 26%, a year later it was 15% and it dropped to 10% in 2010.\u00a0 This was impressive considering the fact that the compliance failure rate for the entire state EUDL program was 14% for 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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