BATH — Local law enforcement officials will unveil a new anonymous text-a-tip program this evening at Morse High School’s Montgomery Theatre.
“eTip” will allow community members to anonymously report underage drinking and drug use via text message, web or mobile app, according to a release.
The Sagadahoc County and Cumberland County sheriff ’s departments and Brunswick, Bath, Richmond, Topsham and Phippsburg police departments will participate in the program, with representatives available this evening to answer questions, along with Melissa Fochesato, director of Access Health & Substance Abuse Prevention at Mid Coast Hospital.
“We know that teens who believe they will be caught if they drink alcohol are less likely to do so,” Fochesato said in the release. “We hope that the new eTip service will send the message to our youth that we are concerned about their safety and make it easier for everyone in our community to report underage drinking and drug use.”
Following the event, Morse’s Jobs for Maine Graduates program will host a viewing of “April’s Heart,” a student-produced film that “ touches on high school issues, including an underage drinking party that the new eTip service is designed to prevent.”
The event, scheduled to take place from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., is sponsored by Communities Against Substance Abuse, community partners devoted to keeping kids safe from underage drinking and drug use. The program is funded by the Maine Office of Substance Abuse.
For more information, call Fochesato at 373-6957.
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