Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The Fake ID 101 Task Force will focus mostly on education and patrolling social gatherings such as parties this semester.
The Kansas Department of Transportation Safety Resource Office awarded the task force a fourth grant to continue its efforts to lower underage drinking rates. The previous three semesters, the coalition comprised the Lawrence Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff, KU Police and the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Alcohol Beverage Control Agency and patrolled mostly bars and tailgates.
The threat of the task force patrolling parties could reshape the way students hold social events.
“I’m going to change the way I do parties,” Alex Schaul, a junior from Chicago, said. Schaul said he had originally considered requiring KU IDs at his parties but is now considering regular IDs.
Jen Jordan, director of prevention at Douglas County Citizens Committee on Alcoholism, said she wasn’t sure when the task force will begin patrolling parties or how they will pick parties. The task force has discussed using a tip hotline to help report large parties.
“Students need to understand that they are responsible for underage drinking in their house,” Jordan said.
She said the task force will also focus more on education. Because bars change serving staffs often, the task force will provide an addition free program to educate liquor license holders.
Jordan said one of the best avenues for education might be focus groups with college students discussing better ways to prevent underage drinking.
Whether patrolling bars or parties, the task force isn’t popular with some students.
“They need to chill out,” Danny Madock, a freshman from Chicago, said. “Kids are going to drink anyway.”
Norraine Wingfield, project director for the Kansas Transportation Safety Resource Office, said the Lawrence grant was cut from the usual $25,000 to $20,000 to accommodate federal spending cuts to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. She said she thought local departments might provide extra funding.
“Hopefully with time and community involvement the program will become self-sustaining,” Wingfield said.
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