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V \ ' v ;, one who was with them, someone last week. Waterloo bar owners . ”fit“: q \ - in ‘1 who was serving them or someone packedapoliceboardroomtoleam 1 |l , f in “i . whosawthemontheroadâ€"had about the new legislation and the 1 f ‘ ,- l g "a t v 1 called us" ' implications it has for their busi- ‘ ' \ 7 -' ~ . q A? . '. f in addition to a presentation nest and customers < i .. ll} \_.‘/~{\l A j if ‘9 . 1 from police. participants also heard "Thepartnershipbetweenthe .t 3,1 .‘ l ‘J "In“ __,’ ll.“ KiRIM _ W fromtheTownandGowncommit~ bar owners and us is crucial." said ..‘. ' ““” t" f " "<~ tee on plans for the retum of uni- Const. Scott Griffiths. a Waterloo 7 g u versity students. bylaw staff on Regional Police traffic officer who 3 , .. ' overnight parking regulations and made a presentation at the forum. were warned of some issues, like “we are going to do our part in ”l keeping patrons in orderly lines. trying to curb impaired driving but ‘ that liquor licence inspectors will we need the assistance of the bar ‘ be looking for in the coming owners to help us, not only in their months. practices and service. but also in The forum topics â€" which in their reporting and in their com- the past have included presenta- munication with us ‘ \ tions on new security liceming reg- “lf we can keep open lines of , ulations and civil liability â€" are communication, not only informl , developed based on the needs and ing them of the current legislation, - \ requests of the owners and man- but also our general practices and ' ‘ ‘ agets. said Staff Sgt. Mark Bullock goals, it helps to foster a good ‘ . offlieVVaterloomREteam working relationship that we can ' “ a “What we are really trying to take forward." own", - acres erIoo ended workshop sham work on here is best practises? he Griffiths touched on recent and” ”393mm impaimtdrivingfit a police last week to learn new said. "We’re trying to get a bench changes to the criminal code and . «Iceman-mo markwithintheregionsoallofour the highway trailic act that could sion that was later wiped from the of the barowners are asking a lot of concern for the safety of their staii' liquor licensed establishments are afiect how the bar owners monitor record. the same questions," said fomm if they were to try and intervene operating from the same viewpoint and reportanysuspectedactivity. He also spoke about the new attendee John l'edy, the University themselves in terrnsof public safety." The so-called "warn range" drugs and driving legislation that of Waterloo's manager of Federa- The traffic sergeant told them The result, he said. has been a penalties, which increased earlier allows police to demand a machide (ion Hall-CampusBarOpemtions. calling police when a suspected decrease in the number of liquor this year, mean that anyone screening test and authorized tect- "it‘s come to the point where, as impaired driver is involved is licence act charges that have been stopped by police with a blood ing by a mined drug recognition much as we compete with each always the best option both for bar laid against the bars and a decline alcohol level ofbetween 0.4 and 0.8 expert who is trained to detect the other, we're also looking out for stalfand anyoneon theroad. in public nuisance charges around will face escalating sanctions that class of drug causing the impair- everybost best interest because if Police have trained stafi in their the establishments start with a three day licence sus- merit something happens at one bar,we operationscentre thatknowhowto "What it is saying to us Lsthat it's pension. Each ofthose suspensions The forumâ€"which brought want to know so we're not making shandle such calls. he said. and you working and these forums are ben- isnowloggedinadriver’sabstract. Wherpoflceflreutdresamcity thesamemktakea' canalwayscallbackiftheperson eflciaL'hesaid.'Thebarowners which is available to insurance and regional bylaw, public health Some of the bar owners doesn't end up getting behind the are seeing where we're coming companies and employers con- and alcohol and gaming stat! â€" is expressed concern that they didn‘t unmet from. They can put a face on the ductingbackyoundchecks theflitheventofitskindandcol- wanttoseerntobewastingpolice . “lwouldmuchratherhaveyou peoplewhoarecomingintothelr Before the changes. the stiffen laboration unique to Waterloo time by calling my time they sus- call and say. "men's someone hop- bars for enforcement and if they’re penalty for someone caught in the region pected someone shouldn’t be ping in his car right now and l’m having a problems. then they can warn range was a 12 hour suspen- "it's useful became i think a lot behlruithewheel Odin-sequenced concerned about his ability to contactuspmacclvely.’ fl 6 REGINA STREET l.. WATERLOO I “9.3.6.2090 I GIIISPIJOI