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Modesto honored for National Night Out; council hears police summary of smoke-shop inspections and seizures
Summary
Modesto Police presented a National Night Out award recognizing the city's 2024 participation; during the meeting Vice Mayor Bavaro summarized multi-agency smoke-shop inspections that produced seizures, citations and arrests over 2023–24.
Modesto’s police department received a national award for its 2024 National Night Out participation and the City Council heard a summary of recent multi-agency enforcement efforts against local smoke shops.
Lieutenant Michael Hammond of the Modesto Police Department presented a plaque from the National Association of Town Watch recognizing Modesto for outstanding participation in National Night Out 2024. Hammond said the city had 92 registered parties in 2024 and that Modesto placed first in California and sixth nationally for cities of its size. "On behalf of Chief Brandon Gillespie and the Modesto Police…
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