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My internship project is centered on liquor license processes and procedures that is an active function of my office. Last week I was able to attend a training session that was hosted by the Arizona Department of Liquor License and Control (ADLLC) – Compliance and Regulation Department. A co-worker and I drove to Scottsdale Public Library and attended a 4 hour training session with other local jurisdictions that are also required to process liquor license applications for the State of Arizona.

The gentleman that was the main speaker for the training was a compliance officer for ADLLC. It was interesting to learn that compliance officers with ADLLC are sworn peace officers that have the same authority as police officers and sheriff’s deputies. They are able to arrest people and issue citations as needed. Additionally, duties of the compliance officer are liquor license violations such as serving without a license or serving to underage individuals.

Some interesting things that I learned from the training session were that there are 2 brand new types of liquor licenses that are being issued. A series 20 license is for alternating proprietors and a series 21 is for custom crushes. Alternating proprietors are issued to allow different wineries to make wine with someone else’s equipment. For example, a warehouse might hold wine making equipment and each winery will bring their fruit to the warehouse to make wine. A custom crush license is issued to an existing winery and allows people to bring their own fruit so that the winery can make wine for them.