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MEDIA ADVISORY |
| For Immediate Release |
| August
28, 2002 |
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| Contacts: |
| Sandra
Hoover (Friday night) — (619) 322-4726
cell |
| Jaye
Carballo (Saturday night) — (619) 852-7456 cell |
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LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CRACK
DOWN ON YOUTH PARTYING IN TIJUANA |
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OVER LABOR
DAY WEEKEND |
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Youth Teams to
Distribute Leaflets to Promote Sober Driving |
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| WHAT: |
| Operation
Safe Crossing — San Diego Police will coordinate a
multi-agency law enforcement operation at the San Ysidro/Tijuana
border crossing in an effort to combat underage
drinking and prevent people from driving home drunk
after partying in Mexico. |
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WHERE: |
| Southbound
pedestrian crossing — San Diego Police will be
checking IDs, turning away everyone under 18 not
accompanied by a guardian, detaining those with false
identification and enforcing curfew. Volunteers will
be handing out leaflets to people crossing the border
to promote sober driving. |
| Northbound
pedestrian crossing — Enforcement of
alcohol and public safety laws, arresting intoxicated
pedestrians and drivers using a zero tolerance
approach. |
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| WHEN: |
| Friday,
August 30, 2002 and Saturday August 31, 2002 —
Operation Safe Crossing's southbound operation is
from 9 pm to 1 am. The northbound operation is from 1
am to dawn. |
- Youth from the
South Bay Partnership will distribute leaflets
from 9 pm to 11 pm on Friday.
- Youth from
Montgomery High School Good Samaritans, a chapter
of Friday Night Live, will distribute leaflets on
Saturday.
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| WHY: |
| Aggressive
marketing practices lure thousands of high school,
college, and university students from across the
region to drink in Tijuana, Mexico. This means more
partiers heading south of the border, which
translates into an increase in the number of
alcohol-related problems at the border. The goal of
Operation Safe Crossing is to provide the necessary
resources to enforce current laws aimed at reducing
the number of alcohol-related incidences. |
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| WHO: |
| San
Diego Police Department, Chula Vista Police
Department, California Highway Patrol, Probation,
State Parole, Shore Patrol, Federal Protection
Agency, Transit Police, and Alcohol Beverage
Control. |
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| Operation Safe
Crossing is funded in part by the County of San Diego Health
and Human Services Agency, Alcohol and Drug Services. |
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