The Block Island Land Trust invited Block Island’s new Police Chief John Lynch to its latest meeting to talk about security at the Ocean View Foundation Pavilion and the beach below for the upcoming summer.The Land Trust has found it necessary to have a security guard at the beach for the last two years because of drinking, particularly among under-age visitors who bring alcohol in in backpacks and coolers. Consumption of alcohol on beaches and in other public places on Block Island is prohibited.BILT Chair Barbara MacMullan told the chief: “The first question is, should we have a security guard? I hate doing that.”“It’s part and parcel of having a beach tract,” said The Nature Conservancy’s Scott Comings, who often sees similar problems on the mainland.Compounding the problem of alcohol on the beach is people bringing drinks over from Ballard’s Beach Resort.“I will be working on that,” said Lynch, speaking of alcohol “exiting Ballard’s.” One thing he can’t do though is violate people’s constitutional rights. “We don’t have the ability to search backpacks,” he said.“But we do,” said MacMullan. She added
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