The City of Vicksburg through the Vicksburg Police Department has instituted a telephone number which adults or youth can call, anonymously, to report stores or restaurants which sell alcohol to youth and parties at which underage drinking is a problem.

This hot line or Party Patrol number can be the key to preventing trouble before it happens. As parents, teachers, neighbors and young people, you often hear about parties that have been planned or are aware of parties underway, but may afraid or embarrassed to call authorities openly. The hotline offers concerned individuals the opportunity to share information with authorities which not only helps them to enforce the law, but may help them to save a life.

The Vicksburg Police Department urges people to take action if they know of any underage drinking occurring or about to occur in their neighborhood.