Drink spiking

It is important to have procedures to prevent drink spiking.

For example, licensees can:

• make sure staff have the required Responsible Service of Alcohol training
• train bar staff on how to identify incidents and respond when they happen
• make sure staff have accredited first aid training for emergencies.
• display posters to remind customers and staff to watch for suspicious behaviour.

Staff can:

• monitor customers and report to the manager or police any suspicious or concerning behaviour.
• be careful not to sell alcohol in a way that leads to rapid drinking.
• be aware of unusual drink orders (for example, beer with a shot of vodka, double or triple shots) and who is ordering what. You may decide to refuse extra shots or alcohol mixing.
• decline requests to add alcohol to another person's drink.
• collect unattended drinks and let customers know you do this for their safety.

If an incident happens

If an incident happens:

• get the victim to a safe, quiet place and stay with them
• talk to them to see how you can help
• find out if they are with a trusted friend who can look after them or if you can call someone they trust
• call an ambulance and police if needed
• organise safe transport home, and if someone offers to take them make sure they really are a friend and the victim trusts them
• give them information about support services
• record the details in your incident register.

Posters to display