Compliance Check Training Opportunity

FREE Four-hour online training course provides basic guidelines and operational information on reducing sales of alcohol to underage purchasers through compliance investigations of alcohol retailers.  The course presents rationales for carrying out these investigations and emphasizes the importance of reducing youth access to alcohol thereby reducing youth related crime in the community and improving the quality of life.

COURSE OUTCOMES

• Participants who complete the course will be able to:
• Understand 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 alcohol compliance investigations and prevention of underage drinking.
• Implement step-by-step guidelines for carrying out alcohol compliance investigations.
• Utilize compliance investigations efficiently and effectively to deter sales to minors and demonstrate community norms against underage drinking.
• Identify barriers to compliance investigations and approaches to overcoming these barriers.

To train newly hired or experienced officers to utilize their existing alcohol laws or ordinances as an operational tool to prevent underage access to alcohol from commercial sources.  This course is designed at an introductory level and is intended to be used to be used as a tool to prepare attendees for subsequent on-site classroom training and experiential learning activities.

ACCESS TO THE COURSE

The "Compliance Check Operations" distance learning course is designed primarily for law enforcement personnel who will be involved in the planning and/or implementation of alcohol compliance checks.  This course is also suitable for law enforcement supervisors and administrators, criminal justice partners, state and local coalition members, and other members of the community as a tool to develop a greater awareness of the benefits and requirements associated with conducting alcohol compliance checks.

To access the course visit:  https://www.thecjportal.org/dl/PIRE/CC/Pages/ComplianceChecks.aspx

The Red Wing Police Department aggressively works at trying to deny access of tobacco by minors through education, compliance checks, and enforcement. By preventing young people from obtaining tobacco, we can help to keep them and the community healthier and safer.