Transcript 2007 TAC Presentation for the State Community Traffic Safety Team

Ellen Snelling M.S., Co-chair, Tampa Alcohol Coalition
[email protected] web site: www.tampatac.com
History of TAC
 Started as a committee of the Hillsborough County
Anti Drug Alliance in 2001
 Concerns about underage drinking in Ybor City and
high rate of alcohol-related crashes and fatalities in
Hillsborough County
 Mission: To prevent underage/ high risk drinking and
alcohol-related consequences
 TAC grew from 5 members in 2001 to 100 in 2006
Tampa Alcohol Coalition
Over 100 members:
 Courts
 Law enforcement
 Schools
 Universities and colleges
 Parents
 Students
 Businesses
 Prevention and treatment
agencies
 MADD volunteers
BINGE DRINKING
Increases Risk of:
 Assault
 Rape
 Alcohol poisoning
 Car crashes
 Drowning
 Suicide
 Injuries and falls
 Fatalities
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s DUI and
Underage Drinking Law Enforcement
7,054 DUI arrests made in Hillsborough County in 2006
533 DUI arrests- persons under age 21
#1 in the State in DUI arrests
DUI arrests- 18 to 20 year olds in
Hillsborough County
600
500
452
400
496
464
482
486
334
300
200
477
231
182
195
212
100
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18 to 20 year olds made up 4.6% of the licensed drivers, but comprised 7.6% of
DUI arrests and 12.8% of the drinking drivers in alcohol-related crashes (HCSO)
Hillsborough County .02 Violations
• 10 .02 driving
violations in 2004
• 79 .02 violations
in 2005
• Increase due to
Operation Teen
Angel
• GIS map made
by HCSO Crime
Analysis Dept.
HCSO Responsible Vendor- Last Drink Survey
Persons arrested for DUI are asked where they were drinking.
Data is recorded- law enforcement investigates problem bars.
HCSO Deputy offers resources such as training and safe rides.
GIS Maps to Promote Policy Change:
HCSO Helped Amend County Bottle Club Policy in 2005
DUI Education for Offenders
DUI Counterattack
Level I 12 hours of instruction
Level II 21 hours of instruction
Both levels include a substance abuse
evaluation
MADD Victim Impact Panel
Hillsborough County’s 3 Pronged DUI
Initiative
Enforcement- HCSO BATmobile, frequent
sobriety checkpoints and saturations (multiagency)
Prosecution- State Attorneys Office has a
dedicated DUI prosecutor
Treatment- offered for multiple DUI offenders
at Tampa Crossroads TRIAD
Alcohol-Related Fatalities
Hillsborough
Pinellas
Orange
100
# of Fatalities
79
75
75
73
75
64
51
50
74
66
48
37
59
39
25
0
2002
2003
2004
2005
Hillsborough County alcohol fatalities declined 25% since 2002
Note: Data obtained from Florida DHSMV.
ALCOHOL IS A DRUGTHE #1 DRUG OF CHOICE FOR TEENS
ALCOHOL KILLS MORE YOUNG PEOPLE
THAN ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS COMBINED
2005 Underage Drinking Data
Hillsborough County
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Florida Statewide
41.3% 39.7%
30.0%
27.2%
22.5%
21.3%
19.1%
16.8%
11.5%
10.2%
Alcohol
Episodic Drove After
Heavy
Drinking
Drinking (5+
Drinks in a
Row)
Rode
w/Drinker
Marijuana
Source- 2005 YRBSS Survey of high school students- behaviors in past 30 days
Ybor City Entertainment District
 Ybor City entertainment
district red area on GIS map
(highest bar density- 87 liquor
licenses within a few blocks)
 Most bars allow ages 18+
 Many “Drink Specials” offered
 Ybor has highest underage
drinking arrests in the city
 High in assaults and drug
arrests
GIS map by Dr. Richard Scribner
Tampa Police Department
Underage Drinking Law Enforcement
 Undercover TPD officers and
Alcoholic Beverage agents conduct
compliance checks and underage
drinking operations in Ybor City
 TPD patrols Ybor parking lots and
alleys for drinkers
 Investigate party buses from
universities
 Conduct DUI operations in and
around Ybor
 Collaborate with universities,
schools, ABT and TAC
City of Tampa Underage Drinking Arrests 2005
• 313 total underage
drinking arrests in
Tampa
• 269 (86%) underage
drinking arrests in
District 3, mainly in
Ybor City
reference: TPD Crime
Analysis
Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages
and Tobacco
 SUDS: Stop Underage Drinking and
Sales, Florida Hotline 1-866-540-SUDS
 Compliance checks and underage
drinking operations
 ABT conducts alcohol source
investigations of underage DUIs and
DUI crashes (ICARE)
 ABT agents collaborate with coalition,
MADD, schools, other law enforcement
agencies and universities
 TAC members observe ABT agents
during underage operations
Mock Crash at Blake High School
Underage Drinking Billboard
Alcohol Policy
TAC uses data, GIS maps and survey results to
advocate for local alcohol policy change:
 Age 21 and up in bars
 Restricting drink specials
2006 SurveyUSA Survey of 500 Tampa Bay Adults:
 71% support age 21 to enter a bar
 62% support restricting drink specials
 68% support changing bar closing time from 3 AM to 2 AM
Cheap Drink Promotions
Drink Special flyers promoting free and cheap drinks are distributed by
bars to college students- in dorm rooms and on car windshields
Greenery Pub- Bar Near USF Campus
• Jan 2006, Greenery Pub
requests expansion
• Pub markets to USF
students, features cheap
drink specials
•TAC supported
homeowners group effort
to stop bar expansion
• Homeowners presented
crime data, testimony,
video outside of Pub
• May 2006, County
Commission denied
expansion
Drunk Bitch Friday- Cancelled
Drunk Bitch Friday: Lex and Terry Radio
show featured drunk women. Show host
Lex gave DB Charlee beer through a
beer bong during a DBF broadcast and
photos were posted on Lex and Terry
website. Women drank on the show
until they got drunk. Some threw up.
Some passed out.
Because of protests by
TAC and other coalitions,
DBF was taken off the air
in January 2006