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WALNUT CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
Chief of Police Joel Bryden
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 For Immediate Release
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WCPD Case Numbers: 11-10957 and 11-10958

Date / Time Occurred: Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Location: Various

Crime Description / Code: Decoy Shoulder Tap Operation

Press Release Prepared By: Sgt. Sean Conley
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On 04-06-11, the Walnut Creek Police Department's Community Policing Team arrested a Bay Point resident for furnishing alcoholic beverages to minors and a Walnut Creek resident for public intoxication. These arrests were made during a program called a Decoy Shoulder Tap Operation.

Under the program, minors under the direct supervision of a peace officer stand outside a liquor or convenience store and ask patrons to buy them alcohol. The minors indicate in some way that they are underage and cannot purchase the alcohol.

The subject that purchased alcohol for the minors was cited and released with a court date. The subject that was arrested for public intoxication was taken to county jail. The above operation targeted a total of eight establishments. Each person that was cited and/or arrested was at a different location.

The Decoy Shoulder Tap Operation is intended to reduce the availability of alcohol to minors and is part of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s Minor Decoy/Shoulder Tap Grant Project, funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.




Press Release sent via Nixle on 04/07/2011.