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The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) provides certificates
of attendance at all training. These certificates may be used by attendees to seek Continuing Education
Units from various entities. The UDETC has already obtained approval from many States for various training.
If a training is not pre-approved, the UDETC is willing to assist in supplying information that will aid
in the approval process.
Any of the trainings below may be curtailed to address the specific needs of the host site. If you are interested in attending a training in your local area, please contact the Program Manager for your state.
Dealing with False Identification
This training is intended to provide law enforcement officers with a basic understanding of false and fraudulent identification and provide some of the tools necessary to recognize these forms of identification.
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Enforcement on College Campuses
Alcohol is the number one drug choice of youth. Colleges play a vital role in affecting the social norms and attitudes of their communities regarding access of alcohol to minors, enforcement of the underage drinking laws, and the resulting consequences of underage drinking. Participants will learn about effective enforcement operations on and near college campuses that can result in lower alcohol-relates problems.
Enforcing Impaired Driving Laws with a Focus on Youth
While much progress has been made, alcohol related traffic crashes are all too common among young people. Motor vehicle crashes are still a leading cause of deaths and injury in this age group. This training provides information on enforcement strategies to reduce impaired driving among youth. Participants can use this training to:
- Gain an understanding of impaired driving issues as they relate to young drivers;
- Learn about the evidence of effectiveness of zero tolerance laws to prevent youth from driving with even small amounts of alcohol;
- Identify the barriers to enforcement of laws regarding impaired driving among youth;
- Learn about strategies to overcome these barriers.
- How to increase the visibility and impact of this important legislation and enforcement operation to reduce underage drinking and driving.
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How to Conduct Compliance Check Operations
This training provides guidelines and operational information on reducing sales of alcohol to underage purchasers through compliance investigations of alcohol retailers.
It presents the rationales for carrying out these investigations and emphasizes the importance of reducing youth access to alcohol.
Participants in the training will:
- Gain an understanding of the issues related to underage drinking and the retail availability of alcohol to underage purchasers.
- Motivate policymakers, communities, and law enforcement to place greater emphasis on compliance investigations and prevention of underage drinking.
- Provide step-by-step guidelines for carrying out compliance investigations.
- Identify barriers to compliance investigations and approaches to overcoming these barriers.
- Utilize compliance investigations efficiently and effectively to deter sales to minors and demonstrate community norms against underage drinking.
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Operations to Reduce Third Party Sales of Alcohol to Underage Youth
This training is designed to give an overview of the strategies that can be used in states and communities to prevent third party transactions of alcohol to youth and to address these sales if they are occurring.
Participants in this workshop will learn about the following:
- Research related to third party transactions’ contributions to underage drinking
- Existing laws and ordinances that can serve as tools to prevent and address third party sales
- Enforcement strategies for preventing and addressing third party transactions, both stranger sales and familiar exchanges
- Strategies for increasing community support and political will re: addressing third party transactions
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Party Patrol and Controlled Party Dispersal Techniques for Preventing and Breaking Up Underage Drinking Parties
This training discusses the role of enforcement and community agencies in preventing underage drinking parties and safely dispersing them when they do occur. It describes the problem of underage drinking in general and youth drinking parties in particular. This training presents:
Proactive approaches to underage drinking parties that can help to prevent them before they start and minimize the potential for tragedy an d exposure to liability while maximizing opportunities to educate the public on the dangers of youth and alcohol.
- Information on how to use enforcement campaigns to bring about changes in community norms concerning underage drinking and parties.
- Information on the operational steps that should be taken to prevent and disperse underage parties.
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Techniques for Managing Special Events
This workshop will identify the complex nature associated with special events and the need for effective planning, proper management, policy application, and enforcement at the event. The workshop will demonstrate how alcohol at special events increases its complexity and how implementation of various alcohol policies and enforcement of those policies can be effective in curtailing alcohol related problems often associated with such events. Outcomes of poor planning and effects of zero tolerance will also be reviewed. Key points covered in the training include:
- Planning
- Liability
- Types of events (Concerts, sporting events, fairs/festivals, etc…)
- Awareness building
- Alcohol Control Techniques
- Training of Key Stakeholders (bar personnel, enforcement, volunteers)
- Enforcement Efforts
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