Responsible/Sensible Vendor

The Responsible Vendor Act is a Florida law - Florida Statute 561.701 et seq.  It provides for a voluntary program where a Florida alcohol beverage license holder can become a Responsible Vendor. Once you follow the program as directed by the law and maintain all the records as required, the license holder may become immune from administrative action on his alcohol beverage license and for any alcohol beverage law violation that a trained employee commits at the business.  And this program might help you reduce your liability insurance rates. 

We can provide a package plan or Ala Carte individual classes or services.

We come to your business and teach you and your staff.  During the 3-hour class, you learn about all the required topics as described in The Responsible Vendor Act, including Florida alcohol beverage server and applicable county and city ordinances.  The class is tailored to your business. You instructor is a former drug agent with a law degree.  He has actual experience making criminal cases and arrests for illegal drug, prostitution and alcoholic beverage violations and later in his career, he has defended citizens in court as a public defender. Students will take a written exam on the contents of the class and once the exams are graded, the students will receive a certificate of completion for the class.  This class will also cover topics required for the Alcohol Server Management portion of the program, so that all your managers are trained as well.

We will review your written business policies and procedures (SOP), which are required by the Responsible Vendor Act (RVA).  We provide an outside view of your SOP and help you make sure you address all topics as required by the RVA.

We will review your staff application and make sure it complies with the requirements of the Responsible Vendor Act (RVA).   We can help you conduct all criminal history checks to ensure your staff is qualified to be an alcohol server, as required by Florida law and the RVA.

Does one of your employees use drugs and advertise that fact on their social media?  Do you have a written policy about drug use on the job?  We can conduct background checks on all your staff and issue a confidential report to the alcohol license holder for their eyes only.  We can help you develop your written policy on this topic to protect your license and your business reputation.  More importantly, we can teach you methods to protect yourself and your business from costly lawsuits. *Separate Fee.

Do you know what really happens in your business during hours of operation?  Do you have video survailance of your business in front and in back of "the house".  Do you have a barback stealing from you or a bartender cutting corners, overserving customers or failing to check IDs.  Does your bar manager keep strict access to your alcohol stockroom?  We will conduct a survey of your business in real time and issue you a confidential report of our observations as a "secret shopper" and as an overt observer to give you ideas and strategies on how to protect your license, your precious alcohol stocks and your reputation.  We sit down with you and develop a gameplan before we do our survey.  And we offer post training surveys to ensure compliance with the Florida laws and your written policies. We will teach you how to make sure your signage inside customer areas is in compliance with the RVA and your record keeping also complies with the RVA.  *Separate Fee.

We can also do a physical security survey of your business.  This is a look at your physical building space for areas of internal or external theft exposure.    

Security is a priority when you run a business, whether big or small, and can include measures such as locks and security cameras, as well as protocols for managing access to your cash & inventory and the building and monitoring activity within it. But how would you know if your physical security is effective enough? A physical security assessment will measure how well your building and its occupants are protected from potential threats.

*Separate fee.

This 1-hour in-person class teaches you and your staff what to do during an active shooter incident at your business or in a public place. Each student receives a copy of the class syllabus and our class notes and a wallet-size card of the key points of surviving a shooting tragedy.  Unlimited class size.

*Separate fee.