The Santa Clara Police Department announces they have been awarded a $75,381 grant from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to reduce alcohol-related harm in their community.
“This is important to Santa Clara in order to increase protection for youth and to address crime at problem locations,” said Police Chief Pat Nikolai.
The grant is one of nearly 50 awarded in California to local law enforcement agencies through ABC’s Alcohol Policing Partnership (APP) program.
These grants strengthen local law enforcement efforts by combining theirs with ABC agents who have expertise in alcoholic beverage laws to help reduce alcohol-related harm within their community.
“The Alcohol Policing Partnership program can improve the quality of life in neighborhoods,” said ABC Director Joseph McCullough. “We’ve seen a real difference in the communities where the grant program’s resources have been invested.”
The APP program was created in 1995 to strengthen partnerships between ABC and local law enforcement agencies. The main goals of the program are to:
- Achieve the goals and objectives of the local enforcement agency’s grant agreements.
- Establish close working relationships between ABC district offices and the grant agencies.
- Prioritize law enforcement efforts and target those licensed outlets that cause alcohol-related crimes.
- Develop records management systems to ensure police reports are systematically sent to the ABC district offices as required by law.
- Assist in the training of local law enforcement.
The funds will be used to help prevent alcoholic beverage sales to minors and obviously intoxicated patrons, illegal solicitations of alcohol, and other criminal activities such as the sale and possession of illegal drugs. Officers will receive training in ABC law, alcohol enforcement strategies and tactics, administrative license revocation procedures, and community resources.
The APP program has distributed approximately $3 million to local law enforcement to combat alcohol-related harm.
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