ROCK SPRINGS – In an effort to prevent adult binge drinking, underage drinking and drunk driving, the Sweetwater County branch of the Prevention Management Organization of Wyoming provides free bi-monthly TiPS trainings to establishments that serve or sell liquor.
TiPS stands for Training for Intervention Procedures and is an internationally recognized education program that touches on subjects such as retail programs, college students and adult consumers.
Most servers or liquor establishment owners don’t realize that they could be held civilly responsible for damages incurred from a drunk-driving incident. Really, this training does go a long way in opening people’s eyes to a whole host of issues that can arise when someone is over-served alcohol. People training in TiPS learn how to handle a wide variety of issues around the service of selling alcohol.
-Cassandra Crumpton, PMO Community Prevention Professional
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A few benefits of having TiPs-trained employees:
- Minimizes property damage caused by intoxicated patrons
- Protects your bottom line by reducing penalties for alcohol violations
- Offers legal protection: In third-party liquor liability lawsuits, liquor retailers have a ‘reasonable efforts defense’ when their employees have been TiPS trained
- Offers insurance discounts: Many insurance companies provide discounts up to 10 percent to establishments whose employees are TiPS trained though TiPS Verified Insurance
- Helps your employees avoid serving alcohol to minors in order to prevent underage drinking
- Enhances the skills of your employees, who in turn improve service to your customers
- Reduces human tragedy resulting from drunkenness and drunk driving
“To offer this training for free is something we believe in 100 percent because the training is that good. Not only for new employees – but all employees,” said Rick Hays, another community prevention professional with PMO. “For the new employees, it gives them more confidence in doing their job and handling situations, especially for somebody who looks like they’re 18 years old who has to card somebody who is 25 or 30. They can be intimidated by this. TiPS will give them the confidence to do this.”
To register an employee, or for more information, contact Rick Hays 307-389 7229 or Cassandra Crumpton 307-389-7364. For more information about TiPS, visit www.gettips.com.
