(El Centro Police Department will receive a grant to increase public safety)...El Centro Police Chief Robert Sawyer says his Department  has been awarded a $39,500 grant from the California Office Of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The grant will be administered by the California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control to battle alcohol related harm. Sawyer says the goal of the grant is to reduce the availability of alcohol to minors and reduce alcohol related crime through multiple enforcement, educational, and prevention programs conducted by local law enforcement officers. Programs funded by the grant include Minor Decoy, Impacts, Holiday Enforcement and Shoulder Tap Decoy operations. It combines the resources of local police officers and ABC agents.