Cloverdale Police Department Jason Ferguson, Chief of Police

112 Broad Street Cloverdale, CA 95425 Phone: (707) 894-2150 Fax: (707) 894-5203

PRESS RELEASE

Cloverdale Police Department Receives ABC Grant to Fight Alcohol-Related

Crime and Educate Licensees

Cloverdale Police Chief Jason Ferguson announced today that the Cloverdale Police Department
and the Healdsburg Police Department had been awarded a joint grant for $42,500.00 from the
California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to battle alcohol-related crime, educate licensees
and conduct several classes for Responsible Beverage Service.

The grant strengthens 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 funds allocated will be shared with the Healdsburg Police Department. Both departments will
work together in partnership with local ABC Officers.

The Alcohol Policing Partnership 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 the law. It also helps with educating the businesses in
providing instruction on how to operate within the ABC requirements through training and
IMPACT inspections.

The funds will be used to reduce the number of alcoholic beverage sales to minors, obviously
intoxicated patrons, illegal solicitations of alcohol, and other criminal activities such as the sale
and possession of illegal drugs.

The APP Program has distributed over $20 million to local law enforcement to combat alcohol-
related crime.

Please contact Cloverdale Police officer Jim Strattan for additional questions.

Respectfully Submitted:

By: Ofc. Jim Strattan