CALIFORNIA, STATE OF - DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

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Exhibit A • Organize at least five community meetings; hold an ask/answer session regarding possible problems related to ABC licensed establishments. • Coordinate and conduct six "Trap Door" operations. Will provide training on how to check ID cards. • Conduct eight "Shoulder Tap" operations at ABC establishments identified as problematic. • Schedule and coordinate two LEAD classes and continue to refer businesses to TIPS. • Conduct 20 discretionary/undercover operations while working alongside ABC agents to enforce alcohol related violations and successfully prosecute those ABC licensed establishments who operate outside the legal parameters. • Utilize media/press releases to educate the public. Problem Statement: Funding of this project will allow the Santa Ana Police Department to continue to address alcohol related concerns throughout our city. There are 427 active retail licenses issued in Santa Ana by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Control (ABC). There are 171 off -sale licenses and 256 on -sale licenses issued to establishments in our city by ABC. With the ABC Grant received in 2017/2018, we identified 24 on -sale and 23 off -sale problem establishments. These establishments generated multiple calls for service for alcohol related violations, such as selling alcohol to minors, serving the intoxicated, allowing customers to drink in front of the business and serving after hours. We identified five establishments that serve alcohol after hours, three locations that serve to minors and one location that allows drinking of an alcoholic beverage without an ABC license. We also have several ABC license locations that generated over 100 calls for service or officer initiated contacts from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. We have received over 1,000 calls for service throughout our city for drinking in public and related alcohol incidents. The larger calls for service were related to ABC license locations. The new grant will provide funds to continue to reduce the calls for service and provide a better quality of life for our community. There are several liquor stores throughout our city, which allows individuals to congregate outside their business, and commit alcohol related violations. Residents continue to complain about their quality of life suffering due to these ongoing problems. Even though we have conducted IMPACT inspections and enforcement operations to combat the problem, more work is necessary. We will also continue to work in cooperation with our local ABC agents to determine the problem locations and address the issue as a team. For the past several years, SAPD Directed Patrol Team has participated in the statewide "shoulder -tap" operation in collaboration with ABC agents in our city. The Santa Ana Police Department regularly receives complaints from concerned citizens, business owners, and others of alcohol related problems such as loitering, public intoxication, assaults, property crimes, driving under the influence and alcohol related traffic collisions. Our intent is to use the ABC funding to fight these types of alcohol related crimes that drain our resources and adversely affect our residents. The ABC Grant will also allow the SAPD to continue to provide training to our law enforcement officers and ABC licensed establishments to reduce alcohol related violations. The number of calls for service in which the consumption of alcohol is often a contributing factor is significant. Most ABC licensed establishments in our city are responsible and adhere to the laws; however, there are some, which strain our limited resources due to excessive calls for service. There have been and continue to be numerous complaints of minors both buying and getting adults to buy them alcoholic beverages from many of our liquor stores. During the 2017/2018 ABC Grant we were able to address some of these issues and as a result of general enforcement, undercover, shoulder tap, decoy and trap door operations, approximately 206 persons were arrested for various alcohol and narcotic related violations. Utilizing the 2017/2018 grant, SAPD conducted 44 IMPACT inspections at locations identified as problem establishments and used the opportunity to inform retailers about pertinent regulations.