CPD Captain Richard Bongiorno, who oversees the details, confirmed that detail officers are not absolved of their law enforcement responsibilities while in the employ of a business.
"If there's any violation of the law, of course they'd be obliged to uphold it," he says. "They're Cambridge police officers."
According to Bongiorno, CPD policy prevented the detail officers from commenting to The Crimson.
Scali says that the presence of police details does not dissuade on-duty officers from visiting the Grille and that the details are not informed when a sting is planned. But the fact remains that most police officers paid by the establishment look the other way while doormen wink at scores of fakes.
The Grille Feels the Heat
Through the confluence of these factors, McCarthy does good business. According to 1999 records (the most recent in ABCC files), the Grille made $322,950 for a year's worth of alcohol sales that cost $143,713, a profit of 125 percent.
But over the past year, and culminating with the December sting by the ABCC, this cozy equilibrium--and the profits that accompanied it--have now run into serious jeopardy.
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