JOHN CHAIRELLO, LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY

John Chairello is a training Instructor at the Erie County Law Enforcement Training Academy and was our speaker on September 8, 2014. He showed a power point presentation with regards to game concessions rules and policies as they pertain to carnivals and fairs. He pointed out some of the scams that are used to defraud contestants such as;

Basketball hoops which are too small for the ball to pass through or hoops rims that are oval shaped or tilted to one side.

Bottles that are weighted which makes it almost impossible to knock them off of the table with the baseballs.

Numerous other tricks that prevent contestants from winning prizes.

He also discussed the many rules and regulations governing the play of games. When rules are violated they are instructed to make the necessary corrections. If they repeat the violations, they can be ordered to shut down and possibly have the games and prizes confiscated.