STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

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Exhibit A SCOPE OF WORK The Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) serves the City of Santa Ana which has a population of approximately 342,930. The Department serves a densely populated community with a median age of 29.1 years old according to the 2010 Census. This is the youngest median age of any city over 250,000 people in the state. Currently, our agency consists of 314 sworn officers, led by the Chief of Police, Carlos Rojas, and 3 Deputy Chiefs, 13 commanders, 36 sergeants, 51 corporals and 210 officers. We also operate our own 512 bed jail, staffed by 78 non -sworn full and 18 part-time Correctional Officers. The Department has four bureaus (Administration, Investigations, Field Operations, and Jail) and the Office of the Chief of Police. We have a Special Enforcement Team (SET) comprised of 15 officers that focuses on quality of life issues which includes dealing with alcohol related crimes as well as narcotics, gang, and vice offenses. The City of Santa Ana is 27.3 square miles located in an urban setting. According to the California State Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit, 01/01/2016, our population of 342,930 is approximately 78.2% Hispanic, 9.2% White, 1.0% Black, .2% American Indian, and 10.4% Asian; approximately 30.7% of our population is under 18 years of age and approximately 62.5% of the population is between 18 and 65 years of age according to the US Census. Santa Ana is the County seat and second most populous city in Orange County. The core of the city is the downtown area, which contains retail stores, restaurants, bars and housing. This is also home to the Santa Ana Civic Center, which is a dense campus of administrative buildings for the city, County of Orange, state, and federal agencies. There are a total of 419 active retail licenses issued in Santa Ana by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Control (10 of them are R64139 or surrendered) . There are 169 off -sale licenses and 250 on -sale licenses issued to establishments in our city by ABC. In order to accomplish our goals and objectives, we are requesting $100,000 in grant funding. The fimds provided by the grant will allow the Santa Ana Police Department to accomplish the following goals: 1) Reduce the number of alcohol related crimes within the City of Santa Ana. 2) Identify and successfully prosecute ABC licensed establishments who violate the law. 3) Provide a safer environment in the areas around licensed establishments for residents and visitors. 4) Reduce the drain on limited resources caused by alcohol related incidents throughout the city. These goals will be attained by completing the following objectives: • Conduct at least 8 MINOR DECOY programs at ABC licensed establishments. • Conduct at least 3 roll call trainings to our patrol officers regarding ABC laws and how to enforce them. • Coordinate and conduct 5 IMPACf/ROSTF (Informed Merchants Preventing Alcohol Related Crime Tendencies) operations to educate licensees on how to reduce alcohol related crimes in their establishments. • Organize at least five (5) community meetings; hold an ask/answer session regarding possible problems related to ABC licensed establishments. This will be done in conjunction with our regular neighborhood meetings attended by problem oriented policing officers. • Coordinate and conduct 8 "Trap Door" operations.