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ORONO POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date:01/27/03 Hem No: / ^ —______•NG JAN 2 1 2005 oi nr uc oflo/vo Department Approval: Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: Name: Title: Kurt Erickson Sergeant Item Description: Request to reinstate alcohol compliance civil penalty. 9 Exhibits: A - Buyer Report, B - Officers Offense Narrative, C - Prosecutor’s Letter’s, D - Seminar Sign Up Rosters, E - Stephanie Grande E-mail, F - Long Lake First Offense Disposition, G - Long Lake 2"^ Offense disposition with Red Rooster DISCUSSION! Since the fall of 2001 Community Service Officer (CSO) Joe Lee, has participated in 50 alcohol compliance checks with the Orono Police Department. In these checks he has been asked for identification (ID) 44 times. On 3 occasions the ID wasn ’t read when presented and sales occurred. In 6 incidents he wasn ’t asked his age or for ID. One of these failures was at the Narrows Saloon. When CSO Lee, made the check of the Narrows Saloon on July 26,2002 he entered the bar from the rear door at about 3:35 pm. I le walk towards the bar and had a .seat on a stool next to the drink rail near the bar. in the area of the pool tables and a pillar. 1 le has been instructed to produce his “ under 21" driver license if asked for ID. CSO Lee. was approached by a female who asked him what he would like. CSO Lee, who was in plain clothes, ordered a Bud Ute tap beer. The female went to the bar. CSO Lee, watched her pour the beer and carry it back to him. She charged him $3.00 for the beer which he paid. She then went onto other business. She never asked his age or for ID. (Exhibit - A) CSO Lee, then stayed at his scat and called Officer Wittke by cell phone to inform him that the sale was made. Officer W'ittke, then entered the bar. Officer Wittke, was in uniform and clearly identifiable as a police officer. CSO Lee, pointed out to him who had made the sale. Officer Wittke, then approached the female to identify her. CSO Lee, then confirmed she was the right person that had made tlie sale. (Exhibit • R) Ofllcer Wittke, upon identifying her, advised her that the prosecutor would be sent copies of the police report and she would be charged criminally for having sold alcohol to a minor. CSO l.ee. at