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La Crosse police present quarterly alcohol compliance memo; committee approves special-event licenses with conditions

5379827 · June 3, 2025
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Police outlined a new quarterly memo system showing 30 compliance checks this license year with nine failures; the committee approved several special-event expansions and discussed specific problematic establishments.

The La Crosse Police Department presented a new quarterly memo on June 3 summarizing its alcohol compliance work, compliance-check results and outreach efforts to licensed establishments.

“Part of our department’s philosophy is community engagement,” Captain John Wagner told the Judiciary and Administration Committee as he reviewed the department memo. Wagner said the report covers three areas: community outreach and education, compliance checks and bar checks. He told the committee that the department had conducted 30 compliance checks so far in the current license year and recorded nine failures — about a 30% failure rate on those checks.

During compliance checks the department uses volunteers aged…

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