On 6/15/2013 Detectives from the Folsom Police Department’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) conducted a ‘Decoy Shoulder Tap’ operation that resulted in three arrests. Under the program, a minor under the direct supervision of a peace officer will stand outside a liquor or convenience store and ask patrons to buy them alcohol. The minor indicates in some way he or she is underage and cannot purchase the alcohol. If the adults agree to purchase alcohol for the minor, officers then arrest and cite them for furnishing alcohol to the minor.
The penalty for furnishing alcohol to a minor is a minimum $1000 fine and 24 hours of community service.
The following subjects were arrested on Saturday:
Christopher Cloud, 41, of Folsom. Arrested near the intersection of Natoma Street and Stafford Street
Paul Daniel Connors, 45, of Folsom. Arrested in the 700 block of Natoma Street
Valerio Rendon, 56, of Georgetown. Arrested in the 13000 block of Folsom Blvd.
The program is intended to reduce the availability of alcohol to minors and this operation was funded by a unique community partnership, the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF-SIG). The SPF-SIG is a state-funded grant to reduce excessive drinking among 12- to 25-year-olds by focusing on environmental-level strategies. Twelve communities, including the city of Folsom, were selected to be part of the SPF-SIG project in California. SPF-SIG grant activities and projects will be conducted over the next three years through a partnership of the County of Sacramento, Department of Behavioral Health Services, the Sacramento County Office of Education, the Folsom Police Department, the Folsom Cordova Unified School District, and People Reaching Out.
