$99, 927 GRANT TARGETS TEENAGERS WHO DRINK.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- The Lancaster sheriff's station is one of 41 law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). that will share $3 million in state grants to fight underage drinking and other alcohol-related crime. The station will get $99,927 through the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage alcoholic beverage Any fermented liquor, such as wine, beer, or distilled liquor, that contains ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, as an intoxicating agent. When an alcoholic beverage is ingested, the alcohol is rapidly absorbed in the stomach and intestines because it does not Control's Grant Assistance Program, or GAP. ``It has been a very successful program ever since 1995 when the program first started,'' department spokesman Everest Robillard said. ``It has strengthened partnerships with local law enforcement. Anytime you get the state and locals working together to combat a common problem, good things always come from that.'' Under Lancaster's grant proposal, deputies will combat underage drinking by conducting stings that target liquor liquor /li·quor/ (lik´er) (li´kwor) pl. liquors, liquo´res [L.] 1. a liquid, especially an aqueous solution containing a medicinal substance. 2. stores that sell alcohol to minors and adults who consent to buy alcohol for minors. They also will conduct training for businesses that sell alcohol, Robillard said. Deputies also will conduct undercover operations targeting bars and other places that have been the subject of citizen complaints about disorderly activity, Robillard said. The department announced last week that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] had doubled the funding amount to $3 million from the prior year. Lancaster was one of two stations in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. to receive grant funding. The Lakewood station received $85,004, records show. Last year the Sheriff's Department arrested 958 people in more than 440 operations as a result of the grant. ``We've seen a real difference in the communities where the grant program resources have been invested,'' Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. said in a statement issued by the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. department. The GAP Program was created in 1995 to strengthen partnerships between ABC and local law enforcement agencies in order to put violating operators out of business, keep alcohol away from minors and bring penalties such as fines, suspensions or revocations against businesses that violate the law. Eight Lancaster liquor stores and businesses were cited for selling alcohol to minors as part of a two-day sting conducted by sheriff's deputies and ABC investigators on July 13 and 14. The operation targeted 34 liquor stores. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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