Reporting Deputy: Deputy Christina Weber
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to battle alcohol-related harm in the community. The project focus area is located in the Southwest corridor, which includes the cities of Temecula and the unincorporated county areas of Winchester, French Valley, and Murrieta.
“This is important to Temecula and surrounding area in order to increase the protection for youth and to address crime at problem locations,” said Captain Durham.
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 the talents of local police officers with ABC agents. ABC agents who have expertise in alcoholic beverage laws help reduce alcohol-related harm within their community.
“The Alcohol Policing Partnership program can improve the quality of life in neighborhoods,” 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 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 obviously intoxicated patrons, illegal solicitations of alcohol, and other criminal activities such as the sale and possession of illegal drugs.
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