Get addiction help now: (858) 363-8214

get help now

Get addiction help now: (858) 363-8214

get help now

Compliance Check Operation

Time to read: 2 min

Compliance
Check Operation

Routine, comprehensive
compliance checks are the key strategy for deterring commercial alcohol
sales to minors. They involve the use of underage buyers by law enforcement
agencies as deputies to test retailers’ compliance with laws regarding
the sale of alcohol to minors. Retailers who do sell to the underage buyer
are then cited or arrested depending on the laws of that jurisdiction.
For a more detailed explanation of compliance checks, click
here to access our publication on the subject.

Alcohol Purchase
Survey

In order to carry out a purchase
survey, a representative sample of alcohol outlets is selected. At each
outlet in the sample, a buyer who is over 21 but who appears to be underage
attempts to purchase alcohol without presenting age identification (ID).
If the outlet sells alcohol to the buyer, it is considered noncompliant.
If the outlet refuses to sell to the buyer, it is considered in compliance.
There is no enforcement action taken as there would be in a compliance
check.

Alcohol purchase surveys
indicate who is selling alcohol to minors and how often. This lets a community
know how large the problem of underage sales is and among which outlets.
This information can be very useful in allocating scarce enforcement and
prevention resources. The results of surveys can be used to help raise
community awareness and build support for efforts to reduce sales to minors.
For a more detailed explanation of alcohol purchase surveys and how to
conduct them, click
here to access our publication on the subject.

Similar Posts

Gin Blossoms:

Byudetc
udetc 12/03/2024

Gin Blossoms: From: Miles Townes Date: 10/24/2002 Time: 10:32:41 AM Remote Name: 138.88.149.136 Comments (From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8466-2002Oct24.html) Gin Blossoms ‘Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason’ by Jessica Warner By Jonathan Yardley, whose e-mail address is [email protected] Thursday, October 24, 2002; Page C04 CRAZE Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason By Jessica…

UDETC/PIRE Success Stories

Byudetc
udetc 12/03/2024

UDETC/PIRE Success Stories A Success Story is a one page document submitted by a State, community or agency, highlighting an accomplished environmental prevention strategy limiting the access of alcohol to underage youth. Examples of a success story include efforts such as compliance checks showing a consistent trend in diminishing non-compliance rates, mandatory server training and…

Research – Alcohol Energy Drinks

Byudetc
udetc 12/03/2024

Research – Alcohol Energy Drinks   A Comparison of the Combined-Use of Alcohol & Energy Drinks to Alcohol-Only on High-Risk Drinking and Driving Behaviors http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/10826084.2014.935948 Substance Use & Misuse, January 2015, Vol. 50, No. 1 , Pages 1-7The combined-use of alcohol and energy drinks is an emerging public health issue. Researchers examined differences in drinking…

Events

Byudetc
udetc 12/03/2024

  January 27, 2004 3:00-4:15 p.m. Eastern Time Fake ID’s: Who’s Going after the Manufacturers: Fakes are an epidemic problem in this country. They not only influence youth access to alcohol but they also impact homeland security. Speakers will address the problem of false identification and what is being done to investigate the manufacturers of…