School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, and Hunter New England Population Health, New South Wales, Australia.
Can J Public Health. 2012 Feb 1;103(7 Suppl 1):eS8-14. doi: 10.1007/BF03404453.
Licensed premises are associated with a considerable level of alcohol-related harm. This study examined the effectiveness of an educational policing strategy, implemented as routine policing practice, to reduce the number of patrons of licensed premises involved in police-recorded incidents of violence, disorder and motor vehicle crashes.
The educational policing strategy targeted on-licensed premises registered as operating in 2003. The strategy was delivered by police and was overseen by the research team.
The intervention was conducted in 21 non-metropolitan New South Wales Police Force commands.
On the basis of routinely collected and recorded police data, premises received one of three levels of police response on three separate occasions from December 2002 to July 2003. The police responses were letters, incident reports, covert audits and feedback meetings.
The rate of patrons who had last consumed alcohol on licensed premises before being involved in police-recorded incidents decreased from 1.24 per premises in the 4-month baseline period to 1.11 in the 4-month follow-up period (p=0.08). There was a significant reduction, from 7.08 to 5.65 patrons (p=0.03), in such a rate for high-risk premises that received the most intensive police response. High-risk premises also recorded a significant reduction in the rate of intoxicated patrons involved in such incidents, from 5.50 to 4.40 (p=0.05).
The findings suggest a potential benefit of an educational policing strategy in reducing alcohol-related harm associated with licensed premises. Further implementation of this strategy concurrent with rigorous evaluation is warranted.
有执照的场所与相当程度的与酒精相关的伤害有关。本研究检验了一种教育警察策略的有效性，该策略作为常规警察实践实施，以减少涉及有执照场所的顾客数量，这些顾客涉及警方记录的暴力、骚乱和机动车碰撞事件。
教育警察策略针对的是 2003 年注册营业的有执照场所。该策略由警察实施，并由研究小组监督。
干预措施在 21 个新南威尔士州警察部队非大都市指挥部进行。
根据例行收集和记录的警察数据，从 2002 年 12 月至 2003 年 7 月，每个场所分三次收到三种不同级别的警察响应。警察的反应是信件、事件报告、秘密审计和反馈会议。
在参与警方记录的事件之前，在有执照场所最后一次饮酒的顾客比例从基线期的每个场所 1.24 人下降到随访期的 1.11 人（p=0.08）。高风险场所（收到最密集警察回应的场所）的这一比例从 7.08 人下降到 5.65 人（p=0.03），有显著下降。高风险场所也记录到涉及此类事件的醉酒顾客的比例显著下降，从 5.50 人下降到 4.40 人（p=0.05）。
研究结果表明，教育警察策略在减少与有执照场所相关的与酒精有关的伤害方面具有潜在的益处。需要进一步实施这种策略，并进行严格的评估。
