Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Eyes on age mysteryshoppers / test purchasers in Germany - Lower Saxony

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Outline  Legal Framework  Implementation  Outcome

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Legal Framework Youth Protection Law: - Published on July 23, 2002 – Thematic area of ‘Alcohol’: The responsibility lies at the communal child protection authorities. The Police can only offer his support. Instruction of the Policeheadquarter Osnabrück: – Framework concept for police participation in joint youth protection controls Decree of the Ministry of the Interior: – Conditions of using test purchasers for enforcement purposes, effective since

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK beer wine / sparkling wine mixed drinks with wine or beer mixed drinks with spirits spirits aged younger 14 prohibited permitted only when accompanied by parents prohibited permitted prohibited older than 18 permitted Alcohol

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Alcohol? Know Your Limit Note: Too Much Alcohol - Nothing going on in your pants! Chill together or get drunk and be stressed Share all or lose all Alcohol? Know Your Limit

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Outline  Legal Framework  Implementation  Outcome

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Voluntary minors Mutual consent in the selection within specified descriptions Explanation of the objective and significance Guidance of the test purchaser Outside their personal environment Refuse or stop at any time Possibly the test purchase can be evaluated Organisation

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK coloured instead blue (to be blue - German synonym for being drunk)

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Implementation Questions have to be answered truthfully No chance to consume the alcohol Immediately statement of the minor The seller must be heard by the attending officer First time: “HaLT” Second time: Fine Clarification interview with the employer

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Martin Piepmeyer Coordinator International relations Policeheadquarter Osnabrück Germany / Lower Saxony Thank You for listening ! Children need protection / / phone:

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / Police in Lower Saxony Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK “So far, Lower Saxony has had to make coverage as the only state alcohol test purchases. German Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen had failed in 2007 with the draft law. Critics see the youth abused as mystery shoppers to detect violations of law.” “Lower Saxony, told the newspaper that the test purchases in his state have brought "outstanding success". In the first phase of sample purchases were illegal yet three out of four young people get alcohol. In the second test wave it was only every second.”