The Law Enforcement Partnership consists of all municipalities in St. Croix County working together to educate and enforce the alcohol laws in WI. The communities involved understand the need to limit access to alcohol by underage persons, so they have committed resources from their police departments to partner with other community agencies for this purpose.

Law enforcement agencies partner together numerous times a year to complete alcohol compliance checks of all liquor establishments. A group of volunteers, under the guidance and protection of plain-clothes officers, enter the establishments, with the volunteer void of any form of identification, and request an alcoholic beverage. The outcome of the attempt is recorded by the volunteer and turned over to the assisting officers. Both positive and negative outcomes are documented and for those who fail the compliance checks, an offer of training is extended to the establishment and on second and subsequent offenses, a citation may be issued.

Also, at the request of a coalition agency, partnering members will provide an officer for functions, which relate to special assignments within the scope of the coalition. For instance, if a community bordering a river with an underage alcohol consumption problem on an island wanted to conduct "island checks" then that agency could call on the other agencies in the coalition to assist with manpower for the event. It allows the "hometown" agency some flexibility and keeps the overtime costs for the hosting agency to a minimum.

Most participating agencies have applied for and been issued grants for the purpose of limiting access to alcohol by underage persons, so the grant money is used to benefit the entire coalition, not just individual agencies.

Overall, the St. Croix County Underage Alcohol Coalition is comprised of proactive law enforcement personnel working with a proactive community group to educate and enforce laws with the safety and well being of youth as the goal.