By SDCN Editor
San Diego, CA–The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded an $80,000 grant from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to reduce alcohol-related crime in the San Diego County communities.
The grant is one of nearly 50 awarded in California to local law enforcement agencies through ABC’s Alcohol Policing Partnership Program.
These grants support local law enforcement efforts by combining the efforts of local deputies, police officers, and ABC agents. ABC agents have expertise in alcoholic beverage laws and can help communities solve alcohol-related problems.
“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 Alcohol Policing Partnership (APP) Program was created in 1995 to strengthen partnerships between ABC and local law enforcement agencies. The program is designed to keep alcohol away from minors and prevent harm to the community.
The funds will be used to help prevent alcoholic beverage sales to minors and intoxicated patrons, illegal solicitations of alcohol, and other criminal activities such as the sale and possession of illicit drugs.
The APP Program has distributed more than $40 million to local law enforcement to reduce alcohol-related crime.
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is an agency of the government of the state of California charged with regulating alcoholic beverages. The agency’s mission is to provide the highest level of service and public safety to the people of California through licensing, education, and enforcement. ABC is a Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency department.
