To curb crime creeping into the Manhattan cocktail scene, some bars are getting schooled.
A local business group is trying to help Greenwich Village-area bars keep their patrons from being robbed with a new accreditation and training program, dubbed Village Safe Spot, tackling safety protocols.
“People are coming out of establishments, and maybe they’ve been a little overserved and are … by themselves, and they’re getting pickpocketed,” said Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce executive director Jesse Gericke told The Post.
The program could take as little as a few hours to complete as the chamber of commerce reviews a bar’s existing policies relating to crowd control, de-escalation, overdose response, accurate liquor pours, incident reporting and more.