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WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
POLICE DEPARTMENT
RESOLUTION 86-123~ DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council show its continued
support of the joint cooperation between the Tustin Unified
School District and the Tustin Police Department by adopting and
forwarding the attached resolution regarding drug abuse preven-
tion to the Attorney General's Crime Prevention Center.
Back~round
The Department of Justice and the State Department of Education
have asked all educators and law enforcement professionals to
join forces to make drug abuse prevention their top priority for
the next year to ensure students safe havens from drugs.
They have asked all local law enforcement agencies to request
their respective city councils to adopt drug abuse prevention
resolutions before October 19--the beginning of California Safe
Schools Week. The resolutions may be forwarded to the Attorney
General's C~ime Prevention Center, P. O. Box 944255, Sacramento,
CA 94244-2550.
In this united effort to guarantee all students the right to
learn in'schools that are drug free, similar resolutions have
been requested from all school districts.
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RESOLUTION NO. 86-123
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE TUSTIN
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO MAKE DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION A HIGHEST
PRIORITY FOR THE 1986-87 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND
WHEREAS, research studies show that the use of drugs and alcohol by
school-aged children is epidemic in our schools and communities; and
WHEREAS, the effects of drug and alcohol abuse are devastating to
young people's lives and their futures, to their families, to society, and to
the educational environment; and
WHEREAS, schools are an appropriate place to educate youth about the
harmful effects of drug and alcohol abuse and to assist them in learning
positive ways to make healthy choices in their lives; and
WHEREAS, the schools cannot be expected to shoulder this burden
alone because the future of the entire community, indeed of our democracy,
depends upon having an educated citizenry able to make ethical and moral
choices; and
WHEREAS, the Tustin Police Department and the Tustin Unified School
District currently provide eight drug and alcohol related programs, providing
for Grades K through 12, for the education of youth to the dangers of drug
abuse; and
WHEREAS, schools should provide a safe haven for students so that
our youth can be safe and learn effectively; now
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, at the request of our Police Chief,
the Tustin City Council applauds the determination of school districts to make
drug and alcohol abuse prevention a highest p~iority for the 1986-87 school
year and beyond, and hereby instructs the Police Department to continue to
work with our community's schools in a joint plan of action that will make
school campuses safe havens from drugs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Tustin City Council will lend its
support to help foster the cooperative relationships among teachers, parents,
students, law enforcement and other community agencies necessary to accomplish
this goal.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council,
held on the 6th day of October, 1986.
ATTEST:
Donald J. Saltarelli
Mayor
Mary Wynn
City Clerk