Laguna Beach police get grant to fight alcohol-related crimes

The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control recently awarded the Laguna Beach Police Department a $15,530 grant for a yearlong effort to prevent alcohol-related crimes, according to a news release.

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

Laguna was one of three Orange County law enforcement agencies to receive grants through the ABC’s grant program.

“The program improves the quality of life in neighborhoods,” ABC Director Timothy Gorsuch said in the release. “We’ve seen a real difference in the communities where the grant program resources have been invested.”