Full Notification

The Berkeley Police Department has been awarded a grant for $191,053 from the California Department of Justice.  The Department plans to use this funding to educate youth and businesses about the negative health effects of tobacco use, and enforce under-age tobacco laws against businesses in an effort to reduce and/or prevent underage tobacco related purchases within the City of Berkeley.
The grant will allow us to meet a number of objectives, including:

• General enforcement operations at tobacco retailers
• Identifying problematic retailers who are out of compliance
• Minor decoy operations
• Inspections of licensed premises