Police Beat (9/20/11)

Staff Stores fail ID compliance checks Four Oxford retailers failed to check IDs during compliance checks Sept. 10. Clerks at Kroger, Oxford Spirits, The U-Shop and Johnny's Campus Deli sold alcoholic beverages to underage volunteers and were cited. At Kroger, the receipt indicated that the clerk had overridden the ID check, according to the Oxford Police Department (OPD). The volunteers are sent in with money to attempt to purchase alcohol without misleading or lying to the clerks. OPD checks volunteers before they go into the store to make sure they do not have identification on them. Compliance checks are done a couple times a year, according to OPD Sgt. Jon Varley. Retailers who pass compliance checks receive a letter afterward letting them know they had passed. "Usually most pass, or only one fails," Varley said. "It's unusual for four to