Ferndale Police Conduct Alcohol, Cigarette Stings
Police report "relatively few violations" at local stores; working toward 100 percent compliance.
Ferndale Police recently conducted a series of compliance checks to ensure local stores are not selling alcohol or tobacco to under-aged buyers. The "sting" operations are part of an ongoing effort with the Southeast Oakland County Coalition and are done on a continual basis, Ferndale Police Lt. William Wilson wrote in a news release on Wednesday. "Considering the number of establishments that sell alcohol or tobacco, investigations have demonstrated that there [are] relatively few violations," Wilson wrote. "However, the police department plans to continue to use investigations and enforcement action to achieve an ongoing compliance rate of 100 percent." The most recent tobacco compliance inspections were done on Jan. 11 and involved a 17…
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