St. Peters Police conduct alcohol compliance checks
October 28, 2010
St. Peters, MO
During the summer of this year, St. Peters Police Department conducted Alcohol Compliance Checks on city businesses selected at random. Half way through the compliance checks, 33% of businesses have failed.
The Alcohol Compliance checks were conducted at St. Peters businesses with Liquor Licenses. A minor, working in conjunction with St. Peters Police Officers, was sent into randomly selected businesses in an attempt to buy alcohol. The minor was required to have a youthful appearance. If the employee asked for his/her identification, the minor provided their real Missouri Drivers License which indicated they were under 21 years old.
“The intent behind these compliance checks is not to ‘trick’ anyone. We just want our businesses to know this is something our department takes seriously and we will enforce all violations. Through this grant, we have found that our businesses aren’t purposefully selling alcohol to minors, they just aren’t being attentive when checking the identifications,” said Chief Tom Bishop.
The employees that sold to the minor working for our department were written summonses for selling alcohol to a minor, which is a misdemeanor charge.
Funds are made available for this project through the Missouri Department of Public Safety and the Missouri Juvenile Justice Advisory Group from funding provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
From the St. Peters Police Department
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