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| Contacts:Rick McGaffigan
619-474-8844 ext.25, cell 719-2132, email rmcgaffigan@iha-news.org
& Mary Ann Dunwell 619-474-8844 ext.33, cell 520-4121. mdunwell@iha-news.org |
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| WHERE: San Ysidro Community Service Center,663 East San Ysidro Blvd.,
San Ysidro, CA |
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| WHEN:
Wednesday, October 20, 1999 at 1
p.m. until 3 p.m. |
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| WHAT: About thirty parking lot employees will be trained in handling different types
of emergencies and how to communicate more effectively with law enforcement. The goal is
to create an ongoing partnership between community, businesses and law enforcement as part
of the prevention initiative Border Project to Reduce Underage and Binge Drinking in
Tijuana |
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| WHO:
Officer Carlos Ronquillo,
San Diego Police Dept., Southern Division, (pager) 619-232-2237 #8923, (phone)
619-424-0400. Debra Marbut, Border Station Parking, (cell)
619-987-8682, (phone) 619-451-8682
Employees of four San Ysidro parking lots: including Border Station
Parking, UETA Parking Lot, Rico Max Parking Lot, JM International Parking Lot. |
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| WHY:
Solid business,
community and law enforcement partnerships can lead to community norm change related to
underage and binge drinking in the region and the alcohol-related crime and violence that
results. On any
given weekend evening, approximately 1400 pedestrians cross the border from Mexico back
into the U.S. with Blood Alcohol Concentrations (BAC) greater than the legal driving limit
of .08. Although they pass through the San Ysidro crossing on foot, many of these
pedestrians have vehicles parked at the above mentioned parking lots on the U.S. side and
drive home legally impaired. |
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