Adams Police Receive Underage Drinking Prevention Grant
ADAMS, Mass. — The Executive Office of Public Safety and Security's Highway Safety Division and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Adams Police Department $4,954.99 to prevent underage drinking.
The Adams Police Department announced Monday that it was one of the 72 communities in Massachusetts to receive a portion of $490,960.93 dispersed throughout the state.
"There are many tools to combat underage drinking and this grant provides needed funding to target the problem," Police Chief Richard Tarsa Jr. said in a press release. "Whether you are underage, plan to sell to a minor, or buy alcohol for a minor, we will be on the lookout."
Tarsa said the competitive grant will help support compliance checks for minors in bars, restaurants and retail locations. Also, the grant will help fund reverse sting programs, "cops in shops" programs, shoulder-tap solicitations, surveillance patrols, and party patrols.
"Teens and parents need to be reminded that underage drinking is deadly serious," Tarsa said. "Parents need to know the hosting a party where alcohol is served to minors is both illegal and extremely dangerous for minors, for others in the community, and for the parents themselves, given the legal liabilities they face."
Over the past three years, the activities and techniques supported by this grant have resulted in 917 youth citations and 377 arrests across the state as well as 574 adult citations and 249 arrests.
Tarsa said the Police Department believes alcohol-related accidents are preventable and are committed to using this grant to reduce the number of incidents in Adams
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