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"Stockton officers and event organizers are beefing up security and the police presence for the upcoming Asparagus Festival.\"After what happened in Boston, we met with security to make sure we have everything in place,\" Asparagus Festival board member Douglas Wilhoit said. \"This festival is known as one of the safest festivals in the West Coast.\"Joe Silva, of the Stockton Police Department, said Monday that the department always has a large number of officers at the festival.\u201CThere\u2019s going to be a large number of uniformed officers inside walking around the event, and we will have officers outside the event in patrol cars,\" Silva said. \"The extra officers will let people know we are here, and hopefully, provide a sense of security.\"The Asparagus Festival attracts more than 100,000 people over a three-day period.\u00A0It kicks off Friday."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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