Council Agenda Report
Alcoholic Beverage Control Grant Assistance To Local Law Enforcement Agencies
August 1, 2006
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
Council Agenda Report
Alcoholic Beverage Control Grant Assistance To Local Law Enforcement Agencies
August 1, 2006
Page 2
AGENDA DATE: August 1, 2006
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
FROM: Chief’s Staff, Police Department
SUBJECT: Alcoholic Beverage Control Grant Assistance To Local Law Enforcement Agencies
RECOMMENDATION: That Council:
A. Adopt by reading of title only, a Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara authorizing acceptance of funding granted by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Grant Assistance to Local Law Enforcement Agencies Project;
B. Authorize the Police Chief to execute the grant agreement award; and
C. Appropriate the City's grant allocation of $123,200 to the Miscellaneous Grant Fund.
DISCUSSION:
The Grant Assistance Program grant funds will be used to conduct training for alcohol servers and vendors by conducting a Licensee Education on Alcohol and Drugs (LEADS) class put on by ABC as part of this grant. In addition, we will provide information to the general community on the reporting of alcohol-related offenses and establish procedures for better identifying and mitigating law enforcement problems at and near alcohol-vending premises. This grant-funded project will be supervised by Sgt. Gaona and implemented by the Nightlife Enforcement Team. It will develop an information system, which will support a multi-task, multi-agency approach to training, enforcement and mitigation, working with a broad range of business and community organizations. The goals are to promote self-policing by alcohol serving establishments, increase community involvement in responsible alcohol use, and to reduce the number of alcohol-related incidents involving minors linked with ABC licensees.
The area to be serviced by this grant is the City of Santa Barbara. The area of emphasis for the grant will be particular types of Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control licensees. Of the approximate 430 ABC licensees within the City, eight types of licenses (2 off-sale and 6 on-sale) held by 358 individual premises will be the focus of the work effort due to high calls for service. These premises are located throughout the City but predominate in the Old Town and Downtown areas.
Through the use of this grant money the Police Department will conduct undercover operations at ABC licensed premises. This will include periodic special alcohol enforcement actions, such as Trap-Door operations and Shoulder-Tap Programs. The Police Department will be able to broaden the enforcement of Business and Professions Code violations commonly occurring at alcohol vending establishments by minors and adults who purchase alcohol for minors.
The Santa Barbara Police Department is nationally recognized as a leader in Community Oriented Problem Solving and Community Oriented Policing, and has applied these skills to its Nightlife Enforcement Team, presently focused on a large and concentrated number of ABC licensees in its central business district.
PREPARED BY: Jon Palka, Police Officer
SUBMITTED BY: Camerino Sanchez, Chief of Police
APPROVED BY: City Administrators Office
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