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Improve the Effectiveness of Law Enforcement: Introduction Strategies and Approaches to Improve the Effectiveness of Law Enforcement Enforce laws for underage drinking Enforce zero tolerance laws for underage drinking and driving Enforce laws and penalties for adults who provide alcohol to minors Strengthen penalties for creating or possessing false IDs Conduct random, periodic decoy and shoulder-tap operations Increase use of DUI checkpoints and other enforcement tactics Enforce alcohol restrictions in public locations Enforce beer keg registration Develop and implement controlled party dispersal plans What Communities Can Do What Parents Can Do What Agencies Can Do What Schools Can Do
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		Improve the Effectiveness of Law Enforcement: Introduction Effective law enforcement is necessary to enact and implement alcohol control policies which affect underage access to alcohol so as to reduce underage access, overall. Without such enforcement, communities may begin to view alcohol control policies as meaningless and violations of such policies as acceptable. The role of police in enforcing laws aimed at reducing youth access to alcohol should not be limited to simply punishing violators. Instead, law enforcement agencies should also take the following steps to fortify their work to reduce youth access to alcohol: Include a variety of prevention-oriented strategies in their efforts to reduce commercial access to alcohol by young people; Invest time and effort in identifying and punishing adults over the age of 21 who illegally provide or sell alcohol to underage youth; and Take measures to train police officers in more effective strategies of enforcing youth access laws. The following strategies and approaches provide concrete examples of the three steps above in greater detail: Enforce laws for underage drinking. Enforce zero tolerance laws for underage drinking and driving. Enforce laws and penalties for adults who provide alcohol to minors. Strengthen penalties for creating or possessing false IDs. Conduct random, periodic decoy and shoulder-tap operations. Increase use of DUI checkpoints and other enforcement tactics. Enforce alcohol restrictions in public locations. Enforce beer keg registration. Develop and implement controlled party dispersal plans. For additional strategies and approaches for improving the effectiveness of law enforcement, see the following: What You Can Do: Community What You Can Do: Parents What You Can Do: Agencies What You Can Do: Schools References: Underage Drinking Prevention Action Guide and Planner. 2001. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Available at: http://media.shs.net/prevline/pdfs/phd858.pdf#search=%22underage%20drinking%20prevention%20action%20guide%20and%20planner%22. Accessed on [08/25/06] Underage Drinking Prevention Action Guide and Planner. 2001. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Available at: http://media.shs.net/prevline/pdfs/phd858.pdf#search=%22underage%20drinking%20prevention%20action%20guide%20and%20planner%22. Accessed on [08/25/06] A Guide to Zero Tolerance and Graduated Licensing: Two Strategies that Work. Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Available at: http://www.udetc.org/documents/Guide2zero.pdf#search=%22a%20guide%20to%20zero%20tolerance%20and%20graduated%20licensing%22. Accessed on [09/06/06] California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Develops an Innovative Liquor Law Enforcement Program—TRACE—to Enforce Underage Drinking Laws. Successful Innovations: News from the Field. Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center. Jan. 2005. http://www.udetc.org/success_stories/CA0105.pdf. [Accessed on 08/02/06] Bonnie, R.J. & M.E. O’Connell (eds). 2003. Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. Johnson, K.D. Underage Drinking: Problem-Oriented Guides for Police Problem-Specific Guides Services. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Available at: http://www.popcenter.org/problems/PDFs/underage.pdf#search=%22statistics%20on%20alcohol%20free%20events%20and%20underage%20drinking%22. Accessed on [09/01/06] Johnson, K.D. Underage Drinking: Problem-Oriented Guides for Police Problem-Specific Guides Services. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Available at: http://www.popcenter.org/problems/PDFs/underage.pdf#search=%22statistics%20on%20alcohol%20free%20events%20and%20underage%20drinking%22. Accessed on [09/01/06] Johnson, K.D. Underage Drinking: Problem-Oriented Guides for Police Problem-Specific Guides Services. U.S. Dept. of Justice. 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Accessed on [09/01/06] A Practical Guide to Preventing and Dispersing Underage Drinking Parties. 2005. Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation: Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center. Underage Drinking Prevention Action Guide and Planner. 2001. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Available at: http://media.shs.net/prevline/pdfs/phd858.pdf#search=%22underage%20drinking%20prevention%20action%20guide%20and%20planner%22. Accessed on [08/25/06] Johnson, K.D. Underage Drinking: Problem-Oriented Guides for Police Problem-Specific Guides Services. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Available at: http://www.popcenter.org/problems/PDFs/underage.pdf#search=%22statistics%20on%20alcohol%20free%20events%20and%20underage%20drinking%22. Accessed on [09/01/06] Underage Drinking Prevention Action Guide and Planner. 2001. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Available at: http://media.shs.net/prevline/pdfs/phd858.pdf#search=%22underage%20drinking%20prevention%20action%20guide%20and%20planner%22. 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