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Exhibit A SCOPE OF WORK The Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) serves the City of Santa Ana, which has a population of approximately 334,136. The Department serves a very populated community with a median age of 31.5 years old according to Data USA. The larger group in Santa Ana is the 25-44 age group, malting up over 3 1 % of the population. We are budgeted for 370 sworn officers, but currently our agency consists of 319 sworn officers, led by the Chief of Police, David Valentin, and three Deputy Chiefs, 13 commanders, 44 sergeants, 50 corporals and 208 officers. We also operate our own 503-bed jail, staffed by 77 non -sworn full and eight part-time Correctional Officers. The Department has four bureaus (Administration, Investigations, Field Operations, and Jail) and the Office of the Chief of Police. We have a Directed Patrol Team comprised of 19 officers that focuses on quality of life issues which includes dealing with alcohol related crimes as well as narcotics, gang, and vice offenses. The City of Santa Ana is 27.3 square miles located in an urban setting. According to the world population review, data USA and the Demographic statistical atlas of the United States 2019, our population of 334,236 is approximately 77.6% Hispanic, 9.2% White, 1.0% Black, 10.4% Asian and 1.2% other or mix. Approximately 27.5% of our population is under 18 years of age and approximately 64.4% of the population is between 18 and 65 years of age according to the US Census. Santa Ana is the County seat and second most populous city in Orange County. The core of the city is the downtown area, which contains retail stores, restaurants, bars and housing. This is also home to the Santa Ana Civic Center, which is a dense campus of administrative buildings for the city, county, state, and federal agencies. There are a total of 427 active retail licenses issued in Santa Ana by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Control (12 were surrendered and 1-suspended). There are 171 off -sale licenses and 256 on -sale licenses issued to establishments in our city by ABC. SAPD and local ABC Office has a relationship, which facilitates cooperation with both entities. Furthermore, The Santa Ana Police Department was assured by the Deputy District Attorney's Office, Deputy District Attorney Beth Castello misdemeanor filing attorney, that ABC related cases will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law as they have been in the past. Decoys are advised that they must be available for court testimony. In order to accomplish our goals and objectives, we are requesting $100,000 in grant funding. The funds provided by the grant will allow the Santa Ana Police Department to accomplish the following goals: 1) Reduce the number of alcohol related crimes within our City. 2) Train officers and educate ABC licensee owners and employees regarding alcohol related problems. 3) Identify and successfully prosecute ABC licensed establishments who violate the law. 3) Protect the community around licensed establishments. 4) Reduce the drain on limited resources caused by alcohol related incidents throughout our city. 5) Educate licensees to reduce the number of violations on decoy operations by 5-10 % These goals will be attained by completing the following objectives • Conduct at least 10 MINOR DECOY programs at ABC licensed establishments. • Conduct at least six roll call trainings regarding ABC laws and how to enforce them. • Coordinate and conduct 15 IMPACT/ROSTF operations to educate licensees on how to reduce alcohol related crimes in their establishments.