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WHY COMPLIANCE CHECKS?, <br />Law enforcement is challenged by an overwhelming variety of demands and budget constraints <br />In this environment, why are alcohol law compliance checks important? <br />In alcohol purchase attempts made by researchers at the University of Minnesota, youthful- <br />appearing buyers were able to purchase alcohol without any questions about fifty percent of the <br />time. Law enforcement needs to do compliance checks because businesses regularly sell alcohol <br />to underage people. <br />� Compliance checks reduce crime and alcohol-related problems <br />• Enforcing laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol to underage persons can help prevent traffic <br />crashes, the major cause of death among youth. <br />. Teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and school dropout rates increase with teen <br />drinking rates; reducing underage access to alcohol can lower the frequency of these social <br />problems, <br />. Fights, vandalism, noise complaints, and other nuisance calls are often caused by young people <br />drinking alcohol; decreasing youth access to alcohol is an effective tool in preventing these <br />problems and reducing the time police spend on these types of complaints. <br />. Rape and other crimes of violence involving teens often involve perpetrators and victims who <br />have been drinking; reducing youth access to alcohol helps fight these crimes. <br />� Compliance checks are easy to do <br />. Once organized, compliance check operations are easy, quick, and inexpensive. <br />Any officer who has worked the scene of a fatal crash involving youth and alcohol will prefer <br />conducting compliance checks. <br />� Compliance checks send a strong message <br />Well-publicized compliance check operations are good public relations. <br />. Compliance operations send a message to the community that providing alcohol to young people <br />is not acceptable. <br />• Publicity surrounding compliance check operations affects the attitudes of parents and other adult <br />alcohol providers; they begin to view underage drinking as less acceptable. <br />AI.COHOI EP�OprNO�Ot3Y Paoow�M 6 UN�vEFiS17YOFM�t�tESOTA <br />� <br />