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The Orono Police Department is working together with community based groups like Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth and Partners in Prevention, with the school district and with other law enforcement agencies in the area to decrease youth access to alcohol and drugs. At the same time, we are committed to enforcing laws related to the use of these substances through proactive patrol and through neighborhood involvement.
Statewide law enforcement recognizes that these problems that were once viewed as primarily urban activities do, in fact, exist in communities of all sizes. As drug and alcohol use has increased in smaller cities like ours, we are increasingly aware of the need to be actively involved in addressing these problems.
It might seem like your parents, the schools, and the police aren't being fair. Your parents set curfew restrictions and insist on chaperones, the school enforces sanctions against students who drink, the police write citations to minors who consume alcohol and they cite liquor store owners who sell to underage youth.
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Arm yourself with the facts. Check out our library of drug and alcohol related information.
Contact us if you have questions or information you'd like to share.
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