Police get grant for alcohol enforcement

The Red Wing Police Department has been awarded a grant to conduct alcohol compliance checks on all licensed retailers in town.

The grant, provided by the Invitation Health Institute through the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, will allow the police department to conduct two rounds of compliance checks. The first round will be conducted within the next few months, and the second will be after a year.

Compliance checks involve an underage youth attempting to buy alcohol. Any seller caught selling to an underage buyer will be referred to the county attorney for criminal prosecution while the owner of the establishment’s alcohol license will face civil prosecution.

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