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Get ready to turn in your laptop folks! The majors finally got their way! No more gambling or anything other than 562; no more working remote; next is business clothing and 8-5 for everyone. You just watch!

You say I will have to wear khakis and a polo? Work 8-5 ? OMG!!! The Humanity!

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Do you guys work a 9 hour day? with an unpaid lunch hour?

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Theoretically your assumption is correct.

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Depends who your captain is. Some captains let us be cops. Others have us acting as drones walking in at 8am and leaving at 5pm in our business attire.

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Most captains haven't made a decision on their own in years.

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Most captains haven't made a decision on their own in years.

Unless that decision is I'll call the major....

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Yes the only thing changing is we are doing beverage law. Gambling, narcotics, man pills, counterfeit T-shirt’s, and anything else not covered by chapter 20 is done. All of those type cases will now be referred to the locals if we get them. The captains will b making the referrals to the locals advising we don’t work these anymore. No adopting the local cases either. If u come across anything while doing beverage enforcement say like narcotics possession u can still make the arrest but no admin attached. It’s pretty simple what to do and to all those that r crying the world is ending should go. Wait a few years and the pendulum will swing again. Almost everyone cried when felonies were mandated now some of u r crying they r leaving.

You are Law Enforcement correct? Why should a local agency take a case for you. If ypu cany do police work then maybe ABT should be disbanded

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You are Law Enforcement correct? Why should a local agency take a case for you. If ypu cany do police work then maybe ABT should be disbanded

You need to be reeducated. Our powers are narrowly and specifically related to beverage and tobacco law violations be it administrative or criminal. We don't care if a local agency does an investigation or not. We have a specific mandated mission. With less than 100 sworn you can't spend much time doing stupid crap. News flash. Every state agency has a limited operating scope either by statute or policy. Instead of waving the disband flag do a little research. It will keep you from looking dumb.

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You are Law Enforcement correct? Why should a local agency take a case for you. If ypu cany do police work then maybe ABT should be disbanded

F.S. 20.165 9(a)-(b). Live it. Love it. Learn it!!! (read into this post as "you better get used to it")

Unless your office is doing a lot of AB and TOB surveys and UAP then you are not going to survive. Doing beverage and tobacco work alone beyond those two things is not enough to justify keeping us sworn. Think about it... how often do you see arrests being made beyond those few things? Sure occasionally, but not much. The rest can be handled by non-sworn inspectors.

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You really don't need to be sworn to do surveys. You can do what other divisions do. Do the investigation and get a warrant. When underage possession becomes a non criminal infraction you won't need a badge for that either. Civilian Compliance Officers are cheaper and whine less. You have an easy job. For now.