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State and Local Enforcers working together

State and Local Enforcers working together. THE PROBLEM. Disbandment of Bureau of Liquor Enforcement Responsibility absorbed by Department of Public Safety Reduced staff and funding Necessity for state and local cooperative effort. THE GEOGRAPHY. HISTORY.

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State and Local Enforcers working together

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  1. State and Local Enforcers working together

  2. THE PROBLEM Disbandment of Bureau of Liquor Enforcement Responsibility absorbed by Department of Public Safety Reduced staff and funding Necessity for state and local cooperative effort

  3. THE GEOGRAPHY

  4. HISTORY Field staff reduced by two-thirds percent Department lacked authority to delegate to local enforcers Solution: three cooperative programs

  5. REFERRAL PROGRAM Violations observed during routine local police patrols Written reports filed with the Department of Public Safety Department investigates Department serves ticket on licensee Department settles case or AG prosecutes in District Court

  6. MOU PROGRAM Legislation required to delegate authority to local enforcers Violations observed during targeted local police patrols Local PD investigates Local PD serves ticket on licensee

  7. MOU PROGRAM, con’t Local PD files copy of ticket and written report with the Department Department settles case or AG prosecutes in District Court Currently 78 local PDs and County Sheriff Offices on board

  8. CONTRACT WITH MAINE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION State wide program Contract funded by federal grant Compliance checks - sales to minors by off-premise licensees only Program otherwise similar to the MOU program

  9. IMPLEMENTATION Referral program Training provided by Department of Public Safety

  10. IMPLEMENTATION MOU program Worked to ensure adequate court time Uniform MOU Uniform PROTOCOL Uniform TICKET Training provided by Department

  11. IMPLEMENTATION Contract with Maine Sheriffs Association DPS screens enforcement agents and minors Program operates similar to MOU program

  12. FUNDING Referral and local PD MOU programs are voluntary Other funding sources

  13. STATISTICS 2008: violations for sale to minors increased compared to 2007. Growing number of local enforces during this period 2009: 55% decrease in sales to minors compared to 2008 2010: 28% decrease in sales to minors compared to 2009.

  14. OTHER POSITIVE OUTCOMES Task forces . . .Local jurisdictions Training . . . . .Penobscot county initiative Effort in troubled area . .. Town of Orono

  15. CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD How to sustain a cooperative decentralized effort?

  16. ATTACHMENTS Statute Contract MOU Protocol Ticket Map

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