US CA: Sheriff’s Dept. STEPs Up Pot Raids

Foothills Sun Gazette, 08 Aug 2012 – Last week detectives from the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department S.T.E.P. Unit completed several months of investigations by conducting marijuana raids on public and private lands throughout the foothill and valley areas of Tulare County. Several of these operations were conducted with the assistance of Federal Officers from the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s C.E.R.T. program (Cannabis Eradication & Reclamation Teams). The C.E.R.T. program has replaced the state run C.A.M.P. program.