Florida-Georgia postgame festivities in town monitored closely by police

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Preventing underage drinking a large constituent of accent for police

Annual Florida / Georgia rivalry shot game

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The yearly Florida-Georgia crippled astatine TIAA Bank Field drew thousands of radical downtown, and present that the crippled has wrapped up, galore are headed to section bars.

With the large crowds, instrumentality enforcement officers are retired and astir to marque definite everyone is safe.

They’re checking identifications astatine bars and making definite everyone is pursuing the rules.

This play tends to bring retired under-aged drinking, truthful that’s what constabulary are chiefly keeping their oculus on.

In the past, the weekends has produced hundreds of citations for underage drinking.

The Florida Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco part visited 10 bars adjacent the stadium, checking ID’s and making definite they cognize who they are selling to.

“We saw immoderate patrons successful the businesses,” said Lt. Eugene Baker of the division. “They seemed to person the quality that they were their age. So we conscionable went up and checked their ID’s to marque definite they were of age.”

Georgia dominated the game, beating Florida 34-7.

“We’re going to person a lil’ solemnisation and it’s going to beryllium awesome,” said 1 Georgia fan.