Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor LA VERNE – Preliminary results are in from a statewide operation implemented to curb underage drinking, showing multiple people arrested on a variety of offenses.
Police report 277 people were cited, accused of furnishing alcohol to underage people, 26 were cited, accused of possessing open alcohol containers and 48 more arrested or cited for outstanding warrants, illegal drugs, public drunkenness or DUI, according to the La Verne Police Department. The “Decoy Shoulder Tap Operation” was held Saturday, March 10, and involved more than 70 law enforcement agencies and agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. A minor, under the direct supervision of a peace officer, will stand outside a liquor or convenience store and ask patrons to buy them alcohol, noting to the patron that they are underage. Offenders risk a minimum $1,000 fine and 24 hours of community service. La Verne and Glendora Police held a joint “Shoulder Tap” operation. “We are seeing first-hand the positive impact these and other preventative and education programs are having in our community,” said Captain Colleen Flores of La Verne Police and Chief Lisa Rosales of Glendora Police. “No one would purchase alcohol for our minor and several businesses asked the minor to leave or contacted law enforcement to report the minor soliciting for alcohol during the operation.” |
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