Experiences with Community-Based Server Intervention Programs in California (From Research, Action, and the Community: Experiences in the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems, P 82-89, 1990, Norman Giesbrecht, Peter Conley, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-128273)

• NCJ Number: 128281
• Author(s): R F Saltz; C H Delewski
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 8 pages
• Grant Number(s): AA06282
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Paper presented at the Symposium on Experiences with Community Action Projects for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems, March 1989, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Annotation

California's Monterey-Santa Cruz Community Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) Project was designed as a community-based server intervention program to reduce the risk of intoxication and minimize the risk of intoxicated persons harming themselves or others.

Abstract

Three objectives for RBS training were established: the project would create community interest in and support for RBS as a legitimate responsibility of the hospitality industry; community-based training for managers and servers would be offered at no or low cost to participants; and a team of RBS trainers would be selected and trained with long-term support. It is determined that working cooperatively with the hospitality industry is important and that a project's sponsoring agency must assess the sociopolitical climate in a community before organizing an RBS program. One of the errors project staff made in Monterey-Santa Cruz was to rely on other community agencies for information regarding the interest of the hospitality industry and community agencies in implementing a communitywide program. Many establishment owners and managers did not believe the project was education-oriented and worried that law enforcement officers were using the program to find as many violations as possible. Recommendations are offered to enhance the conduct of similar projects. 2 references