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           ESCONDIDO POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE

ESCONDIDO POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES GRANT TO         FIGHT ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT: Lt. Bode Berreth
DATE: August 12, 2021                        PHONE: 760-839-4444
 
 
(Police/Sheriff’s) Department Receives Grant to Fight Alcohol-Related Harm

City/County receives $44,920 from the California Alcoholic Beverage Control
 
Escondido Police Chief Ed Varso announced today that the Escondido Police Department has been awarded a $44,920 grant from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to battle alcohol-related harm in the community.
 
“This is important to the City of Escondido in order to increase protection for youth and to shut down problem locations that have contributed to an increase in crime,” said Chief Ed Varso. 
 
The grant is one of nearly 50 awarded in California to local law enforcement agencies through ABC’s Alcohol Policing Partnership (APP).
 
The grants strengthen local law enforcement efforts by combining the talents of local police officers and ABC agents. ABC agents have expertise in alcoholic beverage laws and can help communities reduce alcohol-related harm.
 
“The program can improve the quality of life in neighborhoods,” said ABC Director Eric Hirata. “We’ve seen a real difference in the communities where the grant program 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 put bad operators out of business and keep alcohol away from minors 

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