After receiving a Tip Line report that youths under the legal drinking age were using fake IDs to buy alcohol at local businesses, Batavia Police investigators ran a series of compliance checks on Friday.
No problems were found at the locations in the Tip Line report, but undercover agents did continue an investigation looking for adults buying alcohol and giving it to teens.
Police say when a person was seen getting into a car with a teen in it after purchasing alcohol, the car was stopped "to determine the circumstances." The results of the stop were not released by police.
There was alcohol that was confiscated on Friday night, according to police, and one case was referred to Genesee County Probation.
The press release states:
The Batavia Police will continue to be proactive in the attempt to deter underage access to alcohol with these types of programs with the assistance of funding from the Drug Free Communities.
That's rather invasive:
That's rather invasive: "Police say when a person was seen getting into a car with a teen in it after purchasing alcohol, the car was stopped "to determine the circumstances.""
With so many parents these
With so many parents these days thinking that they have to be or try to be best friends with their children, instead of being a parent, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if some teens are convincing their parents (friends) to buy them booze. I'm behind the BPD on this one.
I don't disagree that it may
I don't disagree that it may be invasive, but as a responsible parent I wouldn't object to the police checking either. I would rather know the police are being dilgent than oblivious.
It's kind of like profiling
It's kind of like profiling to me, if a person legally buys some booze, they shouldn't be hassled about what they're planning to do with it. I understand it's a problem, I was young once and did things that broke the law and made sure my parents didn't know about it. I think the police have too much leeway in nosing into people's lives already. A police state doesn't solve society's problems. If they see someone actually hand off booze to a kid or collect money, that's different than "determine the circumstance"
"Police say when a person was
"Police say when a person was seen getting into a car with a teen in it after purchasing alcohol, the car was stopped "to determine the circumstances.""
Doesn't sound like a probable cause stop to me. I am not at all comfortable with the police profiling me because I happened to stop in at Angotti's on the way home from picking up my son from basketball practice.
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