Crackdown? on Designated Drivers
In possibly the most idiotic stance I've ever heard of the Waterville Police Chief and his Deputy have vowed to crack down on designated drivers:
This Police Chief is not one who has particularly progressive views on drinking policies. Later in the same article the police chief criticizes the much publicized new policy of Colby to allow students over 21 to have up to 2 drinks with dinner on selected Fridays:
The increase in alcohol-related incidents have prompted police to crack down on designated drivers by vowing to charge them with furnishing a place for minor to consume, according to both police Chief John E. Morris and Deputy Chief Joseph P. Massey...What justification did the police give for this stance?
Furnishing a place for minors to consume is a criminal offense misdemeanor, punishable by a minimum of $500 and possible jail time, according to police.
"The number of alcohol-related cases associated with Colby students has been on the rise," Morris said Monday. "My fear is that we're heading toward a significant injury or death by students who are binge drinking. It appears that all of the police and Colby efforts in the area of education are failing."I spoke personally with Waterville Mayor Paul LePage who implied that if the statements were true he strongly disagreed with them. Mayor LePage agreed that cracking down on designated drivers was no way to avoid what the Chief described as "a significant injury or death by students who are binge drinking".
This Police Chief is not one who has particularly progressive views on drinking policies. Later in the same article the police chief criticizes the much publicized new policy of Colby to allow students over 21 to have up to 2 drinks with dinner on selected Fridays:
Colby recently instituted a policy whereby students 21 and older may drink up to two glasses of wine or up to two beers on Friday nights in a special dining room near the main dining hall. School officials say the practice is an innovative approach designed to change the culture -- to normalize the behavior and take it out of the realm of binge drinking or risky behavior. The practice is counter to the "Just Say No" approach...Hopefully the mayor will act to stop his out of control police chief from putting into effect this awful policy.
(Deputy Chief) Massey does not think allowing students to drink at dinner is the answer.
posted by Editor @ 7:55 PM
2 Comments:
At 2:18 PM,
Anonymous said…
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At 7:51 AM,
Lagwolf said…
Oh,, they are doing that again. In my day we had alcohol fascists from the state running around busting people but ignoring people doing drugs cause it was not their remit. What resulted is a lot of people moved off campus and/or sat in dark rooms drinking alone.
This is absolutly retarded but it is what I have come to expect from Waterville pols. Surely its a good idea to teach young adults to drink responsably at university. Surely that is part of the learning process?
Course I think the 21 year old drinking age is bloody moronic. So there is no hope for me I guess.
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