The National Liquor Law Enforcement Association (NLLEA) is a non-profit association
of law enforcement personnel dedicated to the enforcement of liquor laws and regulations.
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To renew your NLLEA Agency Membership for 2022-23 go to www.nllea.org and log in with your email and password. Click on my agency, (right below your name) that will take you to your agency page, then click on renew membership, it is a purple button in left corner, then enter your credit card information and hit submit. If you have any problems at all just call Carrie Christofes, Executive Director at 724-762-5939 and she will take your payment over the phone. | |
Conference Registration and Hotel Booking are Now Available
Registration is $500.00 for members and $650.00 for non-members
Hotel Accomodations for NLLEA Guests is $149.00/night
NLLEA Conference is a professional law enforcement event, open to NLLEA members, qualified non-members, public health professionals and exhibitors
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) is accepting applications for permanent LCB Enforcement Officer 2's (LEO2). The Enforcement and Education Division is headquartered in Olympia and has four regional offices in Tacoma, Federal Way, Mount Vernon, and Spokane. Become an LCB Enforcement Officer!
These positions begin as entry level LCB Enforcement Officer 1 and must successfully complete the 720 hour Basic Law Enforcement training and the Field Training Officer program. Upon completion of the programs, LEO1's will be promoted to the LCB Enforcement Officer 2 (LEO2) level.
LCB Enforcement Officer 1 (In-Training) - Statewide
LCB Enforcement Officer 2 (Lateral) - Statewide
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CA-ABC Suspends the Liquor License of a Sacramento Restaurant
The La Cabana Restaurant sold alcohol to a minor who was later involved in a DUI crash
On June 28th, 2022, the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) posted a 30-day Notice of Suspension at the La Cabana Restaurant located at 8475 Folsom Boulevard in Sacramento. Alcohol sales are prohibited during the term of the suspension.
The suspension is the result of a Target Responsibility for Alcohol Connected Emergencies (TRACE) investigation in which ABC agents determined that between the late hours of May 14 and the early hours of May 15 of 2021, then 19-year-old Alan Humberto Reyes was served and allowed to consume multiple alcoholic beverages at La Cabana Restaurant. After leaving the restaurant, Reyes was involved in a DUI crash on Highway 99 near Florin Road. The crash critically injured a passenger who was riding in the car he was driving.
Reyes was arrested by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) for DUI causing injury. As part of the TRACE investigation, ABC agents worked closely with the CHP, who investigated the May 15, 2021, crash.
“Preventing underage drinking is a public safety priority,” said ABC Director Eric Hirata. “ABC licensees must remain vigilant and check identifications carefully to keep minors safe and prevent DUI crashes.”
The TRACE program is made possible by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The grant provides funding for in-depth ABC investigations of serious incidents involving alcohol and minors, including car crashes. Visit our website to learn more about TRACE.
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PA-Police: Charges to be filed for illegal alcohol sales in Meadville on Saturday
Criminal charges are expected to be filed in connection with alleged illegal alcohol sales in downtown Meadville over the weekend.
Officers purchased alcoholic beverages from a known person on the second floor of the Meadville Market House at 8:50 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement (LCE) Erie office.
The purchase was made without possession of a valid liquor license issued by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the news release said.
The Meadville Market House, 910 Market St., houses Meadville Council on the Arts (MCA) on its second floor.
MCA is a contemporary arts center with a 40-seat theater, full dance studio and state-of-the-art gallery. It offers live theater productions, films and hosts various art shows.
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Starting Friday, Va. businesses need new license to deliver booze
Starting Friday, businesses in Virginia that want to deliver a cocktail to your door will need to have a new kind of liquor license and ensure their employees pass an online safety course.
The measure is part of legislation that was signed into law earlier this year by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and that goes into effect July 1. The legislation also extends the state’s pandemic-era “cocktails-to-go” policy, which allowed restaurants to sell alcoholic beverages for takeout through at least July 2024.
Overall, it’s one of five liquor-related laws going into effect at the beginning of next month, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority said in a statement Tuesday.
The new third-party delivery license requires delivery workers to pass an online training course on preventing underage drinking and promoting responsible drinking.
The third-party license is required for businesses to sell beverages for delivery. The license costs $2,500 for companies with 25 or fewer delivery workers, $7,500 for those with more.
Last year, a study group was formed to address safety concerns about the alcohol delivery program in Virginia and to develop the new licensing structure.
“We were pleased that state lawmakers took the two-pronged approach of continuing the cocktail-to-go privilege while also creating the license for third-party delivery entities to better assure safe and lawful delivery of alcohol,” Virginia ABC CEO Travis Hill said in a statement this month.
The beverage authority would continue to monitor alcohol delivery, Hill said, to determine whether further policy changes are required.
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Attorney General Ferguson convenes Washington Organized Retail Crime Theft Task Force
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today the creation of a statewide Organized Retail Crime Theft Task Force. The Task Force will improve coordination and collaboration among law enforcement agencies to address these multi-jurisdictional crimes that endanger employees and cause significant economic harm to our state.
The task force will focus on sophisticated, organized crime rings that account for almost $70 billion in retail losses across the country.
The Task Force is the first of its kind in Washington. Nine other states have a task force dedicated to organized retail crime.
An analysis from the Retail Industry Leaders Association estimates Washington retailers lost $2.7 billion to organized retail crime in 2021. Federal crime statistics show that the value of items stolen from Washington retailers increased by 151 percent from 2019 to 2020.
Recent headlines provide examples of organized retail crimes impacting Washington businesses and consumers.
Even before the recent, well-publicized national shortage, baby formula accounted for 13 percent of the most-stolen items from stores, according to the 2020 National Retail Foundation Organized Retail Crime survey. The stolen formula then can appear for sale on online marketplaces.
Parents who buy stolen formula on the secondary market may be putting their babies at significant risk if the thieves failed to store it at the appropriate temperature. Additionally, thieves may have manipulated the packaging, such as changing expiration dates.
Washington’s legal cannabis retailers provide another example. The state Liquor and Cannabis Board has reported more than marijuana retail store robberies through the first three months of this year.
These incidents can be dangerous and traumatic for employees. For example, in March, a suspect took an employee hostage before being fatally shot by the store’s security guard.
At a robbery in Bellevue, police pursued three suspects into a south Seattle neighborhood. Two suspects surrendered, but the third engaged in a standoff with police before opening fire and ultimately being killed by officers.
The task force will bring together prosecutors and retailers from across the state with local, state and federal law enforcement representatives, including the FBI and U.S. Attorneys Nick Brown and Vanessa Waldref. The Task Force will also include the Port of Seattle, small business representatives and workers’ representatives.
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SAFE stripped from omnibus bill; new marijuana banking measure introduced
The SAFE Banking Act has hit yet another wall in Congress and won’t be included in the final version of an economic stimulus bill.
According to a news release from U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, one of SAFE’s prime sponsors, a conference committee of lawmakers tasked with reconciling differences between the House and Senate versions of the America COMPETES Act has stripped SAFE Banking out of the omnibus bill.
SAFE Banking had been added to the bill in the House but was not included in the Senate version.
“The Senate continues to ignore the public safety risk of forcing cannabis businesses to deal in all cash,” Perlmutter, a Colorado Democrat and longtime cannabis industry ally, said in the release.
“In the wake of the Senate’s inaction, people continue to be killed, businesses continue to be robbed, and employees and business owners in the cannabis industry continue to be excluded from the financial system.”
Perlmutter again emphasized he’ll attempt to get SAFE Banking passed before he leaves Congress.
In a separate development, a new bipartisan bill with similar aims as the SAFE Banking Act was filed this week by Democratic U.S. Rep. Troy Carter of Louisiana and Republican U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania.
According to a news release, the two legislators have introduced the Capital Lending and Investment for Marijuana Businesses (CLIMB) Act of 2022.
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Psychosis, Addiction, Chronic Vomiting: As Weed Becomes More Potent, Teens Are Getting Sick
Elysse was 14 when she first started vaping cannabis.
It didn’t smell, which made it easy to hide from her parents. And it was convenient — just press a button and inhale. After the second or third try, she was hooked.
“It was insane. Insane euphoria,” said Elysse, now 18, whose last name is being withheld to protect her privacy. “Everything was moving slowly. I got super hungry. Everything was hilarious.”
But the euphoria eventually morphed into something more disturbing. Sometimes the marijuana would make Elysse feel more anxious, or sad. Another time she passed out in the shower, only to wake up half an hour later.
This was not your average weed. The oil and waxes she bought from dealers were typically about 90 percent THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana. But because these products were derived from cannabis, and nearly everyone she knew was using them, she assumed they were relatively safe. She began vaping multiple times per day.
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FDA to Order Juul E-Cigarettes Off U.S. Market
The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to order Juul Labs Inc. to take its e-cigarettes off the U.S. market, according to people familiar with the matter.
The FDA could announce its decision as early as this week, the people said. The marketing denial order would follow a nearly two-year review of data presented by the vaping company, which sought authorization for its tobacco- and menthol-flavored products to stay on the U.S. market.
Uncertainty has clouded Juul since it landed in the FDA’s sights four years ago, when its fruity flavors and hip marketing were blamed for fueling a surge of underage vaping. The company since then has been trying to regain the trust of regulators and the public. It limited its marketing and in 2019 stopped selling sweet and fruity flavors.
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TX-Lee County convenience store clerk arrested for allegedly selling alcohol to minors
A Lee County convenience store clerk was arrested on Tuesday, June 14, and charged with multiple counts of selling alcohol to minors, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) said.
Deepak Sidgel, 39, of Pflugerville, was booked into the Lee County Jail on four counts alcohol sales to minors. He was later released after posting a $7,500 bond.
TABC said his place of employment, Lexington Food Mart at 8889 N. Highway 77 in Lexington, has been the subject of multiple TABC investigations for improper alcohol sales. Sidgel, who has been arrested previously in connection with one of those investigations, now faces a total of five counts of selling alcohol to minors, TABC said.
“Any resident with information on illegal alcohol sales at a business is asked to contact TABC,” said Maj. Oliver Johnson of TABC’s Central Texas regional enforcement office. “Public involvement is critical when it comes to identifying businesses that place the community’s safety at risk. Tips from the public play a major role in holding businesses accountable and keeping Texans safe.”
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NJ-Five Employees Arrested at Club XXXV On Prostitution Charges And Money Laundering
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief John Zebrowski of the Sayreville Police Department announced today that a joint investigation with The Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control and the Office of Criminal Investigations of the New Jersey Treasury Department, has led to the arrests of five individuals who are employed at Club XXXV in Sayreville, New Jersey.
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Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Becomes Responsibility.org Newest Corporate Partner, Underscores Commitment to Alcohol Responsibility
Responsibility.org announced Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, has joined the national organization’s growing list of Corporate Partner Members. Through this innovative partnership, leading distillers and the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol are joining forces to prevent underage alcohol consumption and promote responsible alcohol consumption among legal-purchase-age adults who choose to drink alcohol.
Responsibility.org Corporate Partners share the organization’s commitment to ending drunk and all impaired driving, preventing underage drinking and empowering adults to make a lifetime of responsible alcohol choices as part of a balanced lifestyle. Southern Glazer’s joined as a “Responsibility Champion,” the highest level offered.
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