{"id":56628,"date":"2014-10-08T16:19:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T23:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=56628"},"modified":"2014-10-09T15:50:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T22:50:49","slug":"av-sheriffs-boosters-golf-tourney-raises-132k-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/10\/08\/av-sheriffs-boosters-golf-tourney-raises-132k-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AV Sheriff\u2019s Boosters golf tourney raises $132K"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lancaster Community Relations Deputy Miguel Ruiz tees off at the 19th annual Duke Bloom Memorial Golf Tournament. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 Local law enforcement, community leaders, area business owners and their families converged at the Antelope Valley Country Club Monday for the 19th<\/sup> annual Duke Bloom Memorial Golf Tournament.<\/p>\n

The event, organized by the Antelope Valley Sheriff\u2019s Boosters, raised $132,000, according to Lancaster Community Relations Deputy Miguel Ruiz.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fundraiser that our Antelope Valley Sheriff\u2019s Boosters does to try and raise money for equipment and safety protective gear that we use on a regular basis at Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station,\u201d Ruiz said. \u201cIn our budget, there [are] some fiscal deficiencies where we\u2019re not always able to have enough equipment, protective equipment specifically, for all the deputy sheriff\u2019s that we have in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The event also included a raffle and auction. (LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ruiz said the AV Sheriff\u2019s Boosters will use 100% of the proceeds from the golf tournament fundraiser to support the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n

Proceeds from past fundraisers have been used to purchase battering rams for executing search warrants and non-lethal weapons, such as Tasers, according to Ruiz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey helped purchase 50 Tasers, and those Tasers are shared between Palmdale and Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Stations,\u201d Ruiz said. \u201cInstead of us having to use deadly force, we\u2019re able to use a Taser to lessen the chances of injury or death towards the deputy sheriff or towards a suspect or assailant, which helps us stop things at a peaceful resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a special thanks to the Antelope Valley Sheriff\u2019s Boosters,\u201d Ruiz added.<\/p>\n

Other fundraisers at Monday\u2019s golf tournament included a raffle and auction.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 Local law enforcement, community leaders, area business owners and their families converged at the Antelope Valley Country Club Monday for the 19th annual Duke Bloom Memorial Golf Tournament. The event, organized by the Antelope Valley Sheriff\u2019s Boosters, raised $132,000, according to Lancaster Community Relations Deputy Miguel Ruiz. \u201cIt\u2019s a fundraiser that our Antelope […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":56629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}