CCUDETF
Cumberland County Underage Drinking Enforcement Task Force The Cumberland County Underage Drinking Enforcement Task Force (CCUDETF) is a collaborative effort convened by 21 Reasons with grant funding from the Maine Office of Substance Abuse. Task Force partners include every local law enforcement agency in the county, the District Attorney's Office, and the Maine Department of Corrections Juvenile Services Division. The CCUDETF is convened by 21 Reasons and MESAP: Maine's Environmental Substance Abuse Prevention Center at Medical Care Development, Inc.
For a schedule of upcoming meetings, please contact Jo Morrissey: jmorrissey@mcd.org, (207) 773-7737. Meeting dates for 2009-2010 are also listed below.
Meeting Dates: November 4, January 6, March 3, May 5, June 2
Party Patrol Kits
On May 19, 2010, 21 Reasons, along with all police departments in Cumberland County, will be hosting a press conference to introduce the new party patrol kits for police use during underage drinking patrols. The contents of the kit include: portable breathalyzers, cameras, white boards, markers, binoculars, flashlights, and an investigative checklist (compiled in partnership with the Androscoggin County Underage Drinking Enforcement Task Force and the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office). To read the press release, click here.
Contact information:
Jo Morrissey, Chair, CCUDETF Assistant Project Director 21 Reasons, a project of Medical Care Development, Inc. 773-7737
Chief David Lyons Bridgton Police Department 647-8814
Chief Neil Williams Cape Elizabeth Police Department 767-3323
Chief Joseph Charron Cumberland Police Department 829-6391
Deputy Chief Kevin Joyce Cumberland County Sheriff's Office 774-1444
Chief Edward Tolan Falmouth Police Department 781-2300
Chief Ronald Shepard Gorham Police Department 839-5581
Chief Gerald Schofield Freeport Police Department 865-4800
Assistant Chief Michael Sauschuck Portland Police Department 874-8479
Chief Robert Moulton Scarborough Police Department Office: 730-4314
Chief Edward Googins South Portland Police Department 799-5511
Chief William Baker Captain Tom Roth Westbrook Police Department 854-0644
Chief Richard Lewsen Windham Police Department 892-2525
Lieutenant Dean Perry Yarmouth Police Department 846-3333 (business line)
To report an underage drinking party in Cumberland County:
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
800-266-1444
Bridgton
647-8814
Brunswick
725-5521
Cape Elizabeth
767-3323
Cumberland
829-6391
Falmouth
781-4242
Freeport
865-4800
Gorham
839-5581
Portland
874-8575
Scarborough
883-6361
South Portland
799-5511
Westbrook
854-2531
Windham
892-2525
Yarmouth
846-3333
Want to do more to prevent substance abuse in your community?
Here are some local substance abuse coalitions in Southern Maine:
Brunswick: ACCESS Health. Contact: Melissa Fochesato
Ph: 373-6957; Email: mfochesato@midcoasthealth.com Gray, New Gloucester: Gray and New Gloucester Youth Substance Prevention Coalition. Contact: Suzanne DiBella Olson
Ph: 773-7737; Email: sdibella@mcd.org Casco Bay: (Pownal, North Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Falmouth, Freeport, Cumberland) Casco Bay C.A.N. Coalition: Contact: Suzanne DiBella Olson
Ph: 773-7737; Email: info@cascobaycan.org Lakes Region: (Bridgton, Harrison, Naples, Casco, Raymond, Sebago, Baldwin, Standish, Windham) PROP Communities Promoting Health Coalition. Contact: Chanda Sinclair
Ph: 553-5800; Email: csinclair@propeople.org Portland: 21 Reasons. Contact: Jo Morrissey
Ph: 773-7737; Email: jmorrissey@mcd.org Rivers Region: (Cape Elizabeth, Gorham, Scarborough, South Portland, Westbrook) PROP Communities Promoting Health Coalition. Contact: Liz Blackwell-Moore
Ph: 553-5800; Email: eblackwell-moore@propeople.org Saco: Coastal Health Communities Coalition/UNE. Contact: Bill Paterson
Ph: 602-3589; Email: wpaterson@une.edu Sanford: Partners for Healthier Communities. Contact: Connie Roux
Ph: 324-0440; Email: croux@goodallhospital.org York: Choose to Be Healthy. Contact: Sally Manninen
Ph: 439-2936; Email: smanninen@yorkhospital.com
2009-2010 Mini-Grant Information
2009-2010 Mini-grant recipients announced!
Nine local law enforcement agencies are recipients of mini-grants from the Cumberland County Underage Drinking Enforcement Task Force (CCUDETF). The $2,000 grants aim to reduce youth access to alcohol by funding officer overtime to conduct party patrols and retail compliance checks. Mini-grants are being awarded to:
Bridgton Police Department
Cape Elizabeth Police Department
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
Freeport Police Department
Scarborough Police Deparment
South Portland Police Department
Westbrook Police Department
Windham Police Department
Yarmouth Police Department
CCUDETF Grantees Use this form for your final report. Reports are due by July 9, 2010. Any unspent funding must be returned by July 9th as well. Please have the check made out to "Medical Care Development, Inc." and with "returned CCUDETF mini-grant" in the memo line. Please have the check mailed to:
Medical Care Development, Inc.
ATTN: PHYLLIS VERGE, RE: CCUDETF mini-grants
11 Parkwood Drive
Augusta ME 04330
The goal of the CCUDETF is to reduce underage drinking and related public safety problems by:
• Increasing consistent enforcement of Maine's underage drinking, hosting, and furnishing laws
• Decreasing youth access to alcohol from both social and retail sources
• Providing opportunities for multi-jurisdictional collaboration, officer training, public education, and media • advocacy for underage drinking enforcement.
Blackburn Ruling 2009 When officers knocked and entered the Blackburn residence, they did it on the grounds of probable cause (they could see beer bottles through the windows, and 18 year-old Tyler Blackburn admitted there was underage drinking going on), as well as exigent circumstances (concern evidence would be destroyed it they waited for a warrant.)
Blackburn pled guilty but then appealed, on the grounds that the officers violated his fourth amendment rights by not having probable cause to search the home. The law court disagreed and upheld the District Court's ruling.
