Table 1.
Descriptive statistics: Local and state jurisdictions/agencies
| Local agencies (n=1082) |
State agencies (n=49) | |
|---|---|---|
|
Jurisdiction/Agency Characteristics |
Mean (SD; range) | Mean (SD; range) |
| Population | 72,245 (331,140; 10–8.2 mil.) | 6.3 mil (6.9 mil.; 0.56mil.–37mil.) |
| Percent black | 8.8% (16%; 0%–88%) | 10% (9.5%; 0.38%–37%) |
| Percent Hispanic | 9.3% (14%; 0%–97%) | 11% (10%; 1.2%–46%) |
| Percent poverty | 15% (8.9%; 0%–50%) | 13% (2.9%; 7.8%–21%) |
| On-premise establishments | -- | 8227 (10,014; 795–47,000) |
| Off-premise establishments | -- | 6623 (10,663; 250–60,000) |
| Fulltime officers/agents per population1 | 3.3 (22; 0–700) | 7.2 (6.7; 0–28) |
| Percent of agencies2 | Percent of agencies | |
|
Full-time officer(s) assigned to alcohol enforcement |
||
| Yes | 26% | -- |
| No | 74% | -- |
|
Agency primarily responsible for enforcing alcohol retail laws |
||
| State | -- | 39% |
| Local | -- | 14% |
| Both | -- | 47% |
| Region | ||
| Dry (South) | 26% | 24% |
| Moderate (Mid-Atlantic, | 34% | 35% |
| Pacific, South Coast) | ||
| Wet (North Central/New England) | 40% | 41% |
|
How common is overservice in jurisdiction |
||
| Not common | 45% | 10% |
| Somewhat/very common | 55% | 90% |
|
Conduct enforcement efforts for overservice |
||
| Yes | 19% | 55% |
| No | 72% | 35% |
| Do not have authority | 6% | 8% |
| Don’t know | 3% | 2% |
| Among those that have authority | 20% | 60% |
| [If yes] Types of efforts used: | ||
| Random inspections | ||
| No | 20% | 4% |
| Yes, yearly or a few times/year | 53% | 54% |
| Yes, weekly or monthly | 27% | 42% |
| Walk-throughs | ||
| No | 5% | 12% |
| Yes, yearly or a few times/year | 48% | 44% |
| Yes, weekly or monthly | 48% | 44% |
| Observations for overservice |
||
| No | 26% | 15% |
| Yes, yearly or a few times/year | 47% | 42% |
| Yes, weekly or monthly | 27% | 42% |
| BAC testing | ||
| No | 67% | 87% |
| Yes, yearly or a few times/year | 14% | 9% |
| Yes, weekly or monthly | 19% | 4% |
| Pseudo-intoxicated purchase attempts |
||
| No | 91% | 100% |
| Yes, yearly or a few times/year | 7% | 0 |
| Yes, weekly or monthly | 2% | 0 |
| “Last call” enforcement | ||
| No | 50% | 61% |
| Yes, yearly or a few times/year | 29% | 9% |
| Yes, weekly or monthly | 20% | 30% |
1
For local agencies, number of officers per 1000 persons; for state agencies, number of agents per 1,000,000 persons
2
Percentages from survey measures are weighted to account for sampling and non-response
Note: Some data are missing (--) due to that item not included on survey (state and local survey instruments varied).