ALL WESTMINSTER stores checked refused to sell alcohol to minors (Shutterstock).

Sometimes the best news to come out of law enforcement is that no laws are being broken.

An operation was recently conducted by the Westminster Police Department – along with the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control – to check on whether clerks at local liquor stores were selling alcohol to minors.

“Providing alcohol to our youth is a crime and puts young people and the public in harm’s way,” said Deputy WPD Chief Cameron Knauerhaze.

“Minor decoys” – under the direct supervision of department agents – visited 10 retail stores in Westminster with licenses to sell liquor. None of them would.

Had the clerks sold alcohol to a minor there’d be a minimum fine of $250 and 24 to 32 hours of community service for a first violation, as well as other possible penalties, including a possible suspension or even permanent revocation of the license.