On June 9, 2020, the Lakeport Police Department and Clearlake Police Department were awarded a $24,975 grant from the California Alcoholic Beverage Control, or ABC, to enforce alcohol-related crime and educate their communities on alcohol-related laws.
On July 21, 2020, the Lakeport City Council approved a resolution to accept the grant funding and go into partnership with ABC.
During the course of the grant, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, grant funds awarded to the departments were cut in half to $12,478.
The grant funds remaining were used to conduct a total of four Informed Merchants Preventing Alcohol-Related Crime Tendencies, or IMPACT, operations as well as several other grant-related enforcement operations including alcohol-related crime and DUI saturation patrols.
In total, 34 IMPACT Inspections were completed over the course of the four operations. Of the 34 businesses inspected, 13 businesses were found to be out of compliance and were educated on how to come into compliance with California law.
During the other operations conducted with grant funds, a total of eight individuals were arrested or criminally cited for various crimes ranging from DUI, to purchasing alcohol for a minor to felony warrants.
During these operations, the agencies also found that theft of alcohol by both adults and minors is a major continuing problem leading to other criminal offenses.
In particular, one Lakeport location is a regular target of these thefts. Police said they will be following up on this problem with business locations in an effort to eliminate alcohol theft.
On June 26, during an alcohol-involved crime/DUI saturation operation, an officer assigned to the operation responded to and was first on the scene of a reported opioid overdose. Police said the officer was able to quickly provide the overdose victim with lifesaving Narcan. In that incident, the victim was resuscitated and recovered.
“The Lakeport Police Department and our partners at the Clearlake Police Department are committed to fighting alcohol-related criminal activity and working with our communities to prevent alcohol-related crimes from occurring,” the department said in a statement.
This project was part of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s Alcohol Policing Partnership Program.
A primary goal was community outreach and public education to reduce alcohol-related crime in our communities.
The Lakeport Police Department thanked the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for awarding these grant funds, providing assistance in educating communities and enforcing alcohol-related laws.
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