Sample Interventions Maps

Strategy

Intervention

• Create issue briefs that link research about over-service of alcohol to community problems such as violence, property crime, and impaired driving injuries and fatalities
• Provide information to licensed establishments about the results of surveys of drivers cited for impaired driving who indicate bars/restaurants as their “place of last drink”
• Create a campaign of visible enforcement against sales to intoxicated patrons: use multiple media outlets to gain the attention of establishment owners, managers, servers and bartenders about fines and other consequences associated with violations

• Provide training for servers and bartenders about:
  • Recognizing signs of intoxication
  • Methods for “cutting off” service to intoxicated patrons
  • Serving practices that prevent intoxication

• Pay overtime for local law enforcement to conduct undercover operations to enforce laws against sales to intoxicated patrons
• Pay for law enforcement training about protocols for conducting undercover operations on sales to intoxicated patrons and citing violators

• Offer regular training for licensed establishments in convenient locations and times, and in languages appropriate to the population of servers and bartenders (e.g., Spanish, Mandarin)
• Provide training/technical assistance for owners/ managers of licensed establishments to help develop business policies that discourage over-service and provide protocols for employees to follow to handle difficult situations

• Cite and fine servers/bartenders who serve alcohol to intoxicated patrons, as identified through quarterly enforcement operations

• Provide signage (placards, coasters, etc.) reminding servers and patrons about laws and house policies prohibiting sales to intoxicated patrons

• Local law enforcement and/or state alcohol licensing board policy, identifying sales to intoxicated persons as a priority target and establishing an annual schedule of enforcement operations to deter the illegal behavior

Category

Strategy

• Provide information to law enforcement about conducting low staffing sobriety checkpoints, coordinating with times and locations of community events that sell alcohol
• Create a campaign of visible enforcement of impaired driving: use multiple media formats and outlets to gain the attention of event organizers and attendees, both youth and adult about fines and other consequences associated with violations

• Provide training for event alcohol servers about:
  • Recognizing signs of intoxication
  • Methods for “cutting off” service to intoxicated patrons
  • Serving practices that prevent intoxication

• Pay overtime for local law enforcement to conduct surveillance to enforce laws against sales to intoxicated patrons at large community events
• Provide volunteer assistance to law enforcement at roadside sobriety checkpoints

• Offer multiple training opportunities for community event servers at convenient locations and times
• Work with local chambers of commerce, volunteer centers or other local organizations who provide volunteer alcohol servers for the event to establish protocols for refusing service and seeking help when a customer becomes difficult

• Cite and fine event volunteers/staff who serve alcohol to intoxicated patrons, as identified through quarterly enforcement operations
• Local law enforcement agency(ies) conduct saturation patrols coinciding with large community events and cite impaired drivers

• Establish sobriety checkpoints in visible locations near community events before, during and after the event to deter and enforce impaired driving violations

• Community event policies that establish protocols for alcohol servers in refusing service to intoxicated customers and outlines consequences for individuals and groups who fail to comply.