PUBLIC INTOXICATION “Private Victory”

1. PUBLIC INTOXICATION “Private Victory” Officer Robert Wieczorek Officer Alan Iverson

2. Welcome to the “Bob & Al Show!”

3. La Crosse Wisconsin • Population: 51,900 • Metro population: 126,838 • Police Department: 95 sworn Officers • Home to the…………..

4. World’s Largest 6 pack!

5. “The community needs to take a stand and indicate that binge drinking is dangerous.”

6. 1,700 college students between the ages of 18 & 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries 599,000 students between the ages of 18 & 24 are unintentionally injured under the influence of alcohol

7. “Drowned student's alcohol level four times legal limit” “ER doctor calls Oktoberfest drinking ‘worst’ in 32 years”

8. “Police see common denominator in river deaths: alcohol” “City leaders, alcohol oversight committee react to drowning” “Homan’s death ruled a drowning”

9. More than 100,000 students between the ages of 18 & 24 report having been too intoxicated to know if they consented to having sex

10. More than 97,000 students between the ages of 18 & 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape

11. Alcohol abuse is linked to as many as two-thirdsof all sexual assaults and date rapes of teens and college students. Alcohol is a major factor in unprotected sex among youth, increasing their risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

12. 2.1 million students between the ages of 18 & 24 report driving under the influence of alcohol last year

13. Binge Alcohol Use in Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older La Crosse 31%

14. Alcohol Use in Past Month among Persons Aged 12 to 20 La Crosse 42%

15. “Unfortunately, unlike other epidemics the medical community has faced, there is no single pill or shot or slogan that can stop the alcohol epidemic. They imply that just by talking, we can compensate for an environment that encourages our kids to drink, one that allows aggressive advertising and marketing campaigns designed to make alcohol consumption seem glamorous, sexy and fun. These ads are everywhere our kids are because the fact of the matter is clear: Like any industry with a product to sell, the alcohol industry needs to keep expanding the market for its wares. Children and teens represent their most promising emerging markets.” J. Edward Hill, MD, President, American Medical Association

16. Image is Everything!

17. Underage persons who report binge drinking are seven times more likely to report using illicit drugs during the past month than underage persons who do not binge drink.

18. More youth in the United States drink alcohol than smoke tobacco or marijuana, making it the drug most used by American young people.

19. Alcohol use contributes to youth suicides, homicides and fatal injuries; and is second only to auto crashes as the leading cause of death among youth.

20. “Police say facts point not to a serial killer but to fatal cocktail of alcohol, water”

21. Richard Hlavaty July 12, 1997 BAC .27

22. Riverside Park

23. Charles Blatz September 28, 1997 BAC .31

24. Pearl Street Downtown La Crosse

25. Anthony Skifton October 5, 1997 BAC .23

26. La Crosse Police Lt. Dan Marcou was visibly shaken when he addressed the crowd at the town hall meeting at Central High School Thursday night about drownings off the city's riverfront."My family has to be dragged through this over and over again every time there's another drowning," said Marcou, whose nephew and godson, Anthony Skifton, drowned in Swift Creek in 1997. "Then we have to hear people applaud when there is talk about there being a serial killer. It's sick that you would rather there be a killer out there taking these lives than it being alcohol."

27. Nathan Kapfer February 22, 1998 BAC .22

29. Jeffrey Geesey April 11, 1999 BAC .42

31. Jared Dion April 10, 2004 BAC .27

33. Lucas Homan October 1, 2006 BAC .32

35. Danielle Gorectke January 21, 2007 BAC .29

36. Slain woman found at church; police arrest bloody Onalaska man after drunken driving stop A University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student who was beaten to death Jan. 21 had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit for driving when she died, according to a preliminary toxicology report. “A high alcohol level does not justify being a victim of crime. It may make you vulnerable, but in no way can one conclude that somehow one deserves to be a victim.”

37. Kimberly Coppens September 8, 2007 BAC .20

38. Police: Alcohol involved in fatal fall from bluff By ANNE JUNGEN / La Crosse Tribune Kimberly Coppens had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit for driving when she died early Saturday, and may have fallen from Grandad Bluff while attempting to hide from a sheriff’s deputy, authorities said Wednesday.

39. Christopher Melancon September 30, 2007 BAC .24

40. “Cause of fall may never be known” The Associated Press Twenty-four-year-old Christopher Melancon fell from the Cass Street Bridge into a Mississippi slough early Sunday morning. His blood alcohol level was0.24 percent, three times the legal limit in Wisconsin.

41. Wisconsin lawmakers give brewed beverage favored treatment By SCOTT BAUER / The Associated Press Madison – Politicians generally treat beer-related issues with kid gloves, knowing its rich history in the state, said Jerry Apps, who has written a history of Wisconsin breweries. It also has one of the state’s most powerful lobbies. “It’s one of our icons,” Apps said of beer in Wisconsin. “YOU DON’T GO LOBBING STONES AT OUR ICONS.” “We have given more favorable treatment to the beer industry than any other in this state.” – State Representative TereseBerceau Berceau could only find two other lawmakers among her 131 colleagues to c0-sponsor a proposal to raise the beer tax for the first time since 1969.

42. Public intoxication ordinance passesBy Tribune staff The Common Council approved the measure tonight 15-1. The ordinance will become law effective March 25.A person would have to meet three criteria to be cited: Be in a public place, be intoxicated and be a danger to oneself or others or a public nuisance.Police could issue a warning for a first offense, and later citations and fines, to a person they felt meet all three criteria.

43. “Aid station opens on Third Street today, Saturday”By DAN SPRINGER / La Crosse Tribune The 1st weekend of Oktoberfest should be safer thanks to the newly organized Third Street Aid Station, organizers said Thursday.The station is in a vacant storefront at Third and Pearl streets, which organizer Mark Fortney called “the epicenter” of downtown La Crosse when the bars fill up. Clearly marked with a large sign above the front door, the Third Street Aid Station will have aid available from members of the La Crosse Police & Fire Departments and Tri-State Ambulance.

44. Together, we can…we must make a difference

45. “Series of Deaths rattles a city”

46. “Hard-drinking college town struggles to curb drownings”

47. “WI Town struggles to prevent students from getting drunk, drowning in rivers”

48. “College students are turning up dead in the Mississippi. Police say they drowned. Locals fear it's the work of a serial killer. Our investigation has turned up a potential suspect.” 9/9/2004By Annemarie Conte Stuff Magazine