$500 for snitching drinking parties

This morning in the news: I didn't catch where exactly, but they pay $500 for anonymus callers who tell about teenager drinking parties.

I can see kids being killed or beaten up if one was suspected as the snitch. Not to mention kids would report just out of spite because not being invited.
(alos one could make a decent living too)

So, good idea or bad?

 

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If it actually leads to the arrest of a adult allowing the teens to drink then I think it is a good idea. If it leads to the police arresting the teens then that's a bad idea. If it leads to the police just breaking up the party and disposing of the liquer then that's another good idea. Giving money to a "snitch" isn't a good idea however because those snitches could set up the party to begin with then call in the police just to make money.

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well, the money is the incentive. But yes, it could lead to a set up or entrapment.

 

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Why shouldn't the kids be punished/arrested for something they KNOW is illegal, Cosmic? Not all kids get alcohol from adults. They steal it, use fake IDs and other things.
I agree with syzy, though, that it creates a potentially dangerous situation for the snitch. But hey, that's the territory that comes with being a snitch.

 

I'd think that any teen aged person at a party will be tempted to drink along with the others just because they want to be part of the crowd. By arresting a teen who was drinking at a party for the first time would put a real bad mark against them for the rest of their lives. I don't think it would be prudent to arrest teens if it was their first time found at a party drinking however if they were caught again I would then arrest them for certain because they were warned once and that should do the trick to stop those who want to listen. We all do stupid things when we were young but by having an arrest record doesn't help teens , it only hurts them if they made the mistake only once.

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So they're too young to drink, but not too young to be arrested?

Not logical.

 

I don't think kids should be arrested for drinking. Perhaps fined or something like a speeding ticket, but I don't think it warrants arrest. When I was a freshman in college my roommates got busted for having alcohol and the police wrote them a citation and made them dump the remaining alcohol in the sink. It didn't stop them from drinking, but they never threw a loud party again. I don't think you need to have a criminal record for consuming a drug that isn't even illegal. Its only bad until you reach legal drinking age. So it deserves a slap for not waiting until then.

 

I'd shop 'em in, then use the money to buy a couple of bottles of White Lightening and 20 B&H and crush the ciggies and pour the cider on the floor as I cajoled them saying, "Ha, look at what I can do to your cultural ineptitude you low life hoodie scum bag".

I realise this post was fraught with Englandisms for which I make no excuses. It was worth it just to vent.

 

How?? Peer pressure is entrapment?

 

There's nothing wrong with teenage drinking. Conversely, drinking [frequently] in excess isn't the best practice for persons of any age.

 

Why is it that americans are so fucking paranoid about booze?

I got constantly asked for ID in the states last year - and I had a grey freaking beard FFS! I look younger than my age for sure, but a grey beard is a bit of a giveaway that I'm over 21 - like WAY over twentyfuckingone.

Teenage are going to drink - get over it - maybe let them do it safely or something

sheesh!

 

I'm going to borrow that line - its awsome

 

If it's anonymous, how you they get the $500 to you?

In any case, while I don't approve of under-age drinking it's hard for me to believe that this sort of thing is really a good use of the police's time. Surely there are better things for them to investigate/stop than underage drinking. If you really reach a point where underage drinking is the worst crime going on in your city, you should probably just downsize the police force and save the taxpayers some money.

 

Hell, even people who were invited and did go to the party would probably be tempted to inform on it. Just hang around for a few hours, have fun, and call the police right after you leave.

Well, there's also the (insane) fact that in the U.S. you can't drink until you're 21, so a person over 21 could buy alcohol for a 19-year-old who isn't allowed to drink but isn't yet a minor.

In any case, even if it is for a minor I think you should have to demonstrate that there was some actual "delinquency" going on first. If an adult buys beer for some 16-year-olds who proceed to sit around drinking it on a saturday night while they play Halo III, who cares?

 

How about this?: If they break up a drinking party, they might have prevented a DUI teenager's death? Isn't prevention better than looking for reasons why things happend or who comitted the crime (hit and run)?

 

Except when the drunk teenager kills 4 of his friends while DUI...

 

Our boys go halfway around the world to defend someone else's rights. Here at home an American citizen's rights are subordinate to just about anything.

 

a child has young as 8yrs old can drink in they're own home (with perants consent) in the UK, it stops then these kids reaching 18yrs and binging every weekend on somthing they were denied when they were younger, of course i am not talking about letting them drink every night or weekend, but on special occasions, like christmas, birthdays, etc etc