The Action Plan has three main components:

• Enforcement Operations (including enforcement tools that focus on the party host)
• Maximizing the Visibility of Enforcement; and
• Management Plan

Enforcement Operations:
The Safer California University Project calls for nine enforcement operations to be carried out within the first 12 weeks of the fall ’09 semester, as well as encouraging the use of enforcement tools (e.g. a response-cost ordinance) that give special attention to hosting houses or apartments that are the source of alcohol-related problems. These activities can be enhanced by involving students both formally (via student organizations) and directly (by participating in some of the operations).  See enforcement operations and the response-cost ordinance holding party hosts accountable can be found on the Safer Universities Project’s Share Point website.

• In collaboration with campus and local police, each campus will conduct a minimum of nine enforcement operations involving:

DUI Check Points
Compliance Checks, and
Party Patrols

• The mix of operations would be determined by each campus/community Invoke, revise, or adopt an effective local ordinance that will support the Party Patrol operations.  Assess existing enforcement options currently available to address problem houses and apartments that generate multiple alcohol-related nuisance complaints and develop or revise ordinance (e.g., Response Cost ordinance) as needed.

Options and Enhancements

• Create a nuisance complaint hotline for unruly parties.
• Recruit neighbors or neighborhood associations to be involved and give support.
• Recruit students to participate in enforcement/visibility activities. This could include students participating in DUI roadside checks (e.g., by recording process data on site), by participating in retailer compliance checks (as decoys), or as observers during party patrols.

Maximizing the Visibility of Enforcement:
In order for the enforcement operations to be effective, they must be made visible to the students and community at large. This part of the plan includes communication with two main audiences: students, and parents/community (including businesses, landlords, and neighborhood associations). 

Components of the Student Communication Plan
The purpose of communicating with students is to increase visibility of the enforcement operations. There may be occasional messages aimed at recruiting students to be involved in one or more aspects of the Safer California Universities operations as well. 
The required communications with students on each campus include the following:

1. Letter from the President or Chancellor and Mayor announcing the initiative, why it is being done, and describing the nine enforcement operations.  The letter can be adapted for a variety of uses (e.g., sent to parents or sent via e-mail to students) and slightly tailored for different audiences. 
2. Safe Parties Brochure: Already exists for several campuses, but may need to be edited to highlight enforcement operations. It will be distributed through many sources (see below).
3. Safer Universities Website:  Create and launch local website for Safer Universities Project to provide access to (a) joint letter from Chancellor/Mayor, (b) information on the enforcement operations, (c) definitions of each enforcement mechanism, (d) copy of the Safe Parties Brochure; (e) opportunities for student and/or community involvement, and (f) any relevant additional links. Click here to see an example of a Safer Universities Website.
4. Three Email reminders Timely email to publicize enforcement activity (e.g., DUI Checks, Compliance Checks, & Party Patrols). 
5. A minimum of two campus newspaper articles discussing the nine enforcement operations.  One article will describe the enforcement operations.  One or more follow up articles will highlight the results of enforcement operations (number of DUI’s and party patrols).  Newspaper space might be purchased if necessary.
6. A minimum of three outreach materials that describe the nine enforcement operations and/or promote safer parties will be developed and distributed across campus.  These may include table tents, posters, drink cozies, and other promotional items.

Management Plan
Implementation Calendar:

• Makes expectations for every person and agency very explicit
• Enhances communication across all key campus team members
• Enhances accountability to both the campus coordinator and other team members
• Enhances likelihood of reporting on enforcement operations and visibility activities

How will it work?

• Planning
  Between now and the start of the fall term, you will meet with all involved police agencies, those who will be involved in visibility efforts and whomever else is significantly involved at your campus to plan out when both the enforcement operations (DUI enforcement; decoy operations; party patrols) and the visibility components (web site; orientation; posters; news stories; ads, etc.) will happen.  Obviously, these plans will become more accurate as fall approaches and the team has a better sense of what else is happening and thus plan around those other activities.  The important part is that an actual calendar page for each month is used to write in the various planned activities. 
• During Implementation
  As implementation gets under way, the calendar will be the focal point.  The calendar can be continually updated as you are informed of any changes. Then, follow up with a phone call on Monday or Tuesday to whomever was suppose to do something that weekend.  Verifying what happened provides an accurate depiction of enforcement and visibility activities.  It may require doing some upfront work with your partners to set up effective ways to communicate each week (e.g. knowing who to call, getting the best phone number and time to call).  Knowing what interventions did not take place allows you to reschedule and/or troubleshoot issues that arise.