Policeheadquarter OSNABRCK Polizeidirektion OSNABRCK Eyes on age mysteryshoppers

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Eyes on age mysteryshoppers / test purchasers in Germany - Lower Saxony Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Police in Lower Saxony

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Outline ØLegal Framework ØImplementation ØOutcome Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Police in Lower Saxony

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK 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 01 -09 -2010 Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Police in Lower Saxony

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Alcohol beer aged younger 14 14 -15 prohibited mixed drinks mixed wine / with wine or drinks with sparkling wine beer spirits prohibited permitted only when prohibited accompanied by parents 16 - 17 permitted prohibited older than 18 permitted Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 permitted Police in Lower Saxony

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Sh los are a ll o r ll Ch i get ll tog str drun ether ess k a o nd r ed be Alcohol? Know Your. Limit Note: Too Much Alcohol Nothing going on in your pants! Police in Lower Saxony

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Outline ØLegal Framework ØImplementation ØOutcome Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Police in Lower Saxony

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Organisation • 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 Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Police in Lower Saxony

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK coloured instead blue (to be blue - German synonym for being drunk) Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Police in Lower Saxony

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK 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: “Ha. LT” Second time: Fine • Clarification interview with the employer • • Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Police in Lower Saxony

Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Police in Lower Saxony

Policeheadquarter OSNABRÜCK Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Martin Piepmeyer Coordinator International relations Policeheadquarter Osnabrück Germany / Lower Saxony Thank You for listening ! Children need protection E-Mail: d 01@pd-os. polizei. niedersachsen. de / martin. piepmeyer@polizei. niedersachsen. de / phone: +49 541 327 1008 Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Police in Lower Saxony

Polizeidirektion OSNABRÜCK Policeheadquarter 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. ” Department Central Tasks / 2013 -05 -30 Police in Lower Saxony