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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
Greg Williamson, Chief of Police
Contact: Michaela Beard
Public Information Office
661-326-3803
mbeard@bakersfieldpd.us
For Immediate Release January 18, 2013
On January 15, 2013, the Bakersfield Police Department and the Kern
County Sheriff’s Department Joint Vice Task Force conducted a minor
decoy operation to suppress the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors at
establishments licensed by the California Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control.
During the operation, twenty-five (25) businesses with an ABC (off sale)
license were visited. Ten (10) Citations were issued for violation of
Business and Professions Code Section 22658(a) (Sell/Furnish Alcoholic
Beverage to a Minor).
Funding for this operation was provided by a grant from the California
Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) through the Department’s Grant
Assistance Program. ABC is a Department of the Business, Transportation
and Housing Agency.
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