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What is the Controlled Party Dispersal Database?
Despite prevention efforts, underage-drinking parties do occur.
When they do, law enforcement agencies can utilize the controlled
dispersal plan as a method for closing underage alcohol parties.
Controlled dispersal is a systematic operational plan using the
concepts of zero-tolerance and education to safely and efficiently
close the underage-drinking party. A successful controlled dispersal
results in effective zero-tolerance enforcement by placing appropriate
charges against the violator. It also minimizes the potential for
disaster by ensuring that the party attendees are provided a safe
ride home. The proper implementation of the controlled dispersal
plan will benefit your community and its youth by reducing the negative
consequences associated with underage drinking.
Law enforcement agencies that are implementing controlled party
dispersal operations as a proactive strategy to reduce underage
drinking-related problems can use this database to enter data related
to dispersal operations. This database collects information related
to each dispersal operation your agency conducts, such as number
of underage drinkers at the party, number of participants arrested
and the source of alcohol, can be stored into the database. This
database is essentially a reporting form that is easy to use and
easy to retrieve information.
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Why use the Controlled Party Database?
This database allows you to store, analyze, and report data related
to your controlled party dispersal over time and can be useful to
educating the public as to the effectiveness of your controlled
dispersal strategy. The database can also:
- Tell us who is providing alcohol to minors at these parties
- Raise community awareness and build support for continued use of controlled party dispersal
- Help monitor the impact of prevention strategies
- Inform parents that they will be held responsible for holding underage-drinking parties
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How do you use the Controlled Party
Dispersal Database?
- Obtain an ID and Password. (Click on the New User button to complete form.)
- Once you have an ID and Password, simply fill
out the information requested in the database. Prior to your next
controlled dispersal operation, you should familiarize yourself
with the questions that are asked in the database. You may want
to print a copy of the database and take it with you on your next
controlled party dispersal operation.
- After a controlled dispersal operation, please fill out the information
requested in the database and hit submit. The information for that
operation is now stored in the database and you have access to the
program for data entry, analysis, and reports. You will only have
access to the information that you enter.
If you any questions related to this database, please contact Bill Patterson at bpatterson@pire.org or 919-265-2623.
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