Crime & Safety
Governor Livingston Students Use Stickers To Prevent Underage Drinking
The goal is to raise awareness about underage drinking and to discourage people above the age of 21 from purchasing alcohol for minors.
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — Students from the TREND Club at Governor Livingston High School are warning locals that buying alcohol for minors is a crime.
The students spent an afternoon placing red stop sign "warning" stickers on alcohol at local liquor stores.
(Image via Mountainside Police Department)
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The Sticker Shock Program coincides with the prom and graduation season to prevent underage drinking. It is an outreach initiative from the Mountainside Police Department in conjunction with the Union County Prevention Links, the Governor's Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse and GL's Trend Club.
The goal is to raise awareness about underage drinking and to discourage people above the legal drinking age of 21 from purchasing alcohol for anyone underage.
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The program is supervised by Mountainside's School Resource Officer, Detective Shaun Bendik.
(Images via Mountainside Police Department)
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