| WHAT |
| Operation
Safe Crossing — Starting this weekend, San Diego
Police will coordinate a multi-agency 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.
Operation Safe Crossing will be conducting operations
over the next 3 weekends in anticipation of spring
break. |
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| WHERE |
| Southbound
pedestrian turnstiles — 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. |
| 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,
March 22, 2002 — Operation Safe Crossing at the
border goes from 9:00 to dawn |
| Saturday,
March 23, 2002 — Operation Safe Crossing at the
border goes from 9:00 to dawn |
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| WHY |
| To stem the
tide of intoxicated border crossers returning from
Mexico. Aggressive marketing practices lure thousands of
high school, college, and university students from
across the region to drink in Mexico during their spring
break. The means more partiers heading south of the
border, which translates into an increase in the number
of alcohol-related problems at the border, in Tijuana,
and in Rosarito. The goal of Operation Safe Crossing is
to provide the necessary resources to enforce current
laws, which will reduce the number of alcohol-related
incidences caused by excessive drinking. |
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| WHO |
| San Diego
Police Department, Chula Vista Police Department,
California Highway Patrol, Probation, State Parole,
Federal Protection Agency, Transit Police, and Alcohol
Beverage Control. |
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