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Santa Clara Police Chief Michael Sellers announced that the Police Department has been awarded a $75,000.00 grant from the California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to battle alcohol-related crime.
“This is important to Santa Clara in order to increase protection for youth and to provide education to businesses,” Chief Michael Sellers said. The grant is one of 47 awarded in California to local law enforcement agencies through ABC’s Grant Assistance Program (GAP).

The grants strengthen local law enforcement efforts by combining the efforts of local police officers and ABC agents. ABC agents have expertise in alcoholic beverage laws and can help communities reduce alcohol-related problems.

“The program improves the quality of life in neighborhoods,” said ABC Director Timothy Gorsuch. “We’ve seen a real difference in the communities where the grant program resources have been invested.”

The GAP 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, keep alcohol away from minors and bring penalties such as fines, suspensions or revocations against businesses that violate laws.
The funds will be used to reduce the number of alcoholic beverage sales to minors and obviously intoxicated patrons, the illegal solicitations of alcohol and other criminal activities such as the sale and possession of illegal drugs.

The GAP Program has distributed over $30 million to local law enforcement to combat alcohol-related crime. ABC is a Department of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Lieutenant Kurt Clarke
Administrative Services Division
Santa Clara Police Department
601 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, Ca. 95050, (408) 615-4865 Fax: (408) 296-1346