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Policing Matters Podcast: Why 4 a.m. last call is a bad idea

Jim and Doug discuss how much trouble tends to happen at bar closing time

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In California there is a proposal to allow bars to keep serving until four o’clock in the morning. Other states have similarly late (or early, depending on how you look at the clock) last call times. Alaska has last call at five in the morning, for example. Most cities in Florida close at 3AM — it’s up to the communities to decide. In Louisiana, bars can technically serve 24 hours a day if there’s no local law stating that they can’t. In New York City closing time is four in the morning, but most municipalities throughout the state close at two. Jim and Doug discuss how much trouble tends to happen at closing time — disputes, altercations, DUI arrests — and why four o’clock last call is not a good idea.

Policing Matters law enforcement podcast with host Jim Dudley features law enforcement and criminal justice experts discussing critical issues in policing