Police filed 45 charges of furnishing alcohol to minors in the last six months, a significant increase from the 32 charges filed during the same time period a year ago, she said.

"I'm not happy that 45 people and organizations got charged, but it seems like a natural outcome of increased efforts," Leonard said.

The SIP program, introduced last January, has been funded by an $80,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB).

Smaller grants will eventually be available to other Pennsylvania police departments following the success of the State College program, William Epstein, PLCB spokesman, said.

But the PLCB will not offer State College Police another $80,000 grant, he said.

"That is not to say that State College couldn't apply for one of those smaller grants," Epstein said. "[But] it wouldn't be anywhere near $80,000."

The original grant, along with a similar amount from the State College Borough, allows the department to pay its officers overtime to investigate incidents of adults supplying alcohol to underage drinkers, Leonard said.

"We can not only quell the disturbance, we can investigate more deeply in an effort to identify the host or the suppliers," he said.

The PLCB and the borough each agreed to contribute 50 percent of the program's overtime pay, with a maximum payment of $80,000, Borough Manager Tom Fountaine said.

After the program expires at the end of June, State College Borough Council can choose whether or not to continue supporting the SIP, he said.

"Ultimately, council would have to make a decision on the program," Fountaine said.

Budget decisions have been difficult for council members this past year, council member Cathy Dauler said.

"What would happen in July, I couldn't say," Dauler said. "I think it would be great if they could get more money."

Since the initial information sessions hosted by the State College Police and the Off-Campus Student Union (OCSU) in April, the union has had little involvement with the program, OCSU President Kristen Kofmehl said.

"Our interaction has been pretty limited with it outside of that," she said. "Hopefully that worked to get people educated on what [police] were trying to do."

Andy Hackett, former Interfraternity Council president and a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, 340 N. Burrowes Road, also said the SIP program has not been a problem for fraternity members.

"It's just re-instilled in them that they need to reduce their risk and liability," he said.

Leonard said nine charges of furnishing alcohol to minors were filed against fraternities since September, compared to five charges during the same time period in 2003 to 2004. Charges were also filed against one sorority, he said.

Despite some initial concern that the SIP would unfairly target fraternity houses, police have filed charges against only a small percentage of fraternities, Leonard said.

"However, there are some fraternities where we've been there multiple times," he added.