Word: liquor
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...Cops in Shops" places undercover police officers in and around liquor stores in order to arrest minors attempting to illegally purchase alcohol. The first two weeks of the program's operation have resulted in the arrest and conviction of two Harvard students. The underhanded and arbitrary nature of the program, the questionable allocation of manpower that it demands and the inappropriate motivation for this sudden crackdown all lead us to condemn this latest measure from the Cambridge Police Department...
Currently 32 liquor stores in Cambridge and 14 in Watertown are involved in the program, Scali said...
According to Murphy, undercover police officers may pose as liquor store clerks, shelf stockers or customers...
Murphy said undercover officers are also located outside of liquor stores or in nearby locations and are "alerted to suspicious activity...
...Cambridge License Commission uses a lottery system to determine which liquor stores will be targeted, Murphy said...