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DRY2K: A Program to Reduce Underage Drinking

NCJ Number
191866
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 68 Issue: 10 Dated: October 2001 Pages: 57,60-63,64
Author(s)
Frank J. Scialdone
Date Published
October 2001
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This article describes a new program to reduce the number of teenage drinkers and the number of retailers and other adults who supply alcohol to minors.
Abstract
The Fontana, CA, Police Department developed a program that they hoped would encourage teenagers to enter the new millennium alcohol-free. The program, called DRY2K, includes prevention and education efforts aimed at minors and those who supply alcohol to them. It uses partnerships between the police department, the school district, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, other city agencies, alcoholic beverage control licensees, and high school students themselves. The program includes five strategies: (1) Minor Decoy uses underage persons to conduct compliance checks to ensure that merchants are not selling alcohol to minors; (2) Shoulder Tap uses minors to ensure that adults are not buying alcohol for minors; (3) Cops in Shops allows officers to pose as clerks in licensed locations looking for alcohol violations; (4) LEAD (Licensee Education on Alcohol and Drugs) offers free training for owners and employees of licensed locations on their responsibilities, how to spot phony ID cards, and how to deal with other issues related to minors and alcohol; and (5) educational programs on the theme of Choices and Responsibilities are aimed at high school seniors in an attempt to reduce their desire for alcohol. Figures