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WEBVTT WE ARE LOOKING AT ANYTHING ANDEVERYTHING THAT WE THINK MIGHTREDUCE THOSE ALCOHOL-RELATEDFATALITIES.MAX 1 IN 4 IOWA FATALITIES AREALCOHOL-RELATED.AND MANY TIMES, IT'S A RESULT,OF PEOPLE BEING OVER-SERVE>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HASBEEN AN ISSUE IN THE STATE OFIOWA IS ALCOHOL-RELATEDFATALITIES.MARK: WE SAW IT LAST YEAR, WHENTWO DES MOINES POLICE OFFICERSWERE KILLED BY A WRONG-WAY,DRUNK-DRIVER.TODAY THE STATE'S ALCOHOLBEVERAGES DIVISION BRIEFLYDISCUSSED A PLAN, TO MONITORBARS, THAT OVER-SERVE.CHRIS THE PLACE OF LAST DRINK,IT IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEENDESIGNED TO TRACK ESTABLISHMENTSHAVE HAD I WOULD SAY, TRACKRECORDS THAT ARE BAD.MAX: HERE IS HOW IT WOULD WORKIF SOMEONE IS ARRESTED FOR, DRINKING AND DRIVING POLICEWOULD TRACE THE CHARGE BACK TOTHE PLACE THEY WERE DRINKING.>> IF YOU TALLY ALL THESENUMBERS UP OVER THE YEAR ANDFIND OUT SPECIFIC BARESTABLSIHMENT BUSINESS OR PLACEWHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FOMTHEY CAN GO BACK IN AND EDUCATE, THOSE PEOPLE THOSE BAR OWNERSON WHAT TO LOOK FOR OVERSERVINGSOME PEOPLE. MAX: REPEAT OFFENDERS, COULDLOSE THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE.THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIVISIONIS WORKING WITH OTHER STATES,THAT HAVE A PLACE OF LAST DRINKDATABASE.THEY SAY THE GOAL OF THEPROGRAM, IS SIMPLE.>> EDUCATING LICENSEES, SAVINGLIVES, HOLDING THOSE ACCOUNTABLETHAT THE SIDE THAT THEY DO NOT

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The state of Iowa plans to crack down on drunken drivers by cracking down on the bars that over-serve them. It’s called the "place of last drink" database. If a bar over-serves a patron, police could go into the database and see whether they need to pay that bar a visit. “We are looking at anything and everything to reduce alcohol-related fatalities,” said Patrick Hoye, of the Governors Traffic Safety Bureau. One in four Iowa fatalities are alcohol-related and many times it's a result of people being over-served. We saw it last year -- when two Des Moines police officers were killed by a wrong-way drunken driver. On Thursday, the state's Alcohol Beverages Division briefly discussed a plan to monitor bars that over-serve. “The Place of Last Drink, it’s a program that has been designed to track establishments that have had, I would say, bad track records,” Hoye said. Here's how it would work: If someone is arrested for drunken driving, police would trace the charge back to the place they were drinking. “If you tally all these numbers up and over the year and find out specific bar establishment business or place where people are coming from, they can go back in and educate those people, those bar owners what to look for overserving some people,” Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Nathan Ludwig said. Repeat offenders could lose their liquor license. The alcoholic beverages division is working with other states that have a "place of last drink" database. They said the goal of the program is simple. “Educating people, saving lives,” said Josh Happe, of the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division. “Holding those accountable that decide that they don’t want to look for signs of intoxication and continue serving those people.” Last year, the Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau called the "Place of Last Drink" initiative a top priority. But databases like this can take a long time to set up, so it may be some time before we see it come to life.