underage drinking
...s were added to the shift on Saturday night. Five of them were undercover and five were uniformed. The undercover cops waited in liquor store parking lots while a patrol car waited nearby. Whenever the undercover cops saw anything that looked suspicious or illegal they told the nearby police car to make a traffic stop. After midnight until 3 a.m. the extra 10 officers answered to calls about loud parties. Between 7 p.m. and midnight the cops made 16 arrests and between midnight and 3 a.m. they made nine more arrests. The charges ranged from delivery of alcohol to a minor and driving under the influence to minor in consumption and possession of alcohol. The special alcohol crackdown cost $2,700 because everyone worked about three extra hours. The money came from a $9,500 grant from the office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Th...