Full Notification

On 04/26/2019 Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Deputies, working with underage Sheriff’s Explorers as decoys, conducted a “Minor Decoy” operation.

Minor Decoy operations are compliance checks designed to reduce youth access to alcohol. A minor working directly with law enforcement will enter a liquor or convenience store and attempt to purchase an alcoholic beverage from the store employee. If the clerk sells alcohol to the minor then law enforcement will cite them for the crime of furnishing alcohol to a minor and they can face fines up to a thousand dollars.

During the five-hour operation the decoys attempted to purchase alcohol at seventeen ABC licensed businesses. At three locations store employees sold alcohol to the decoys. Each of those three employees were cited for furnishing alcohol to a minor.

Funding for this program was provided by an ABC grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.”

For further information please contact:
Deputy Patrick McCulloch
[email protected]
(209) 869 7162