490:. The agencies that worked with CAMP in 2022 include the California Department of Justice, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, California National Guard Counter Drug Task Force, Central Valley HIDTA, California State Parks, and numerous local law enforcement agencies. EPIC works closely with the Governor's Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce, which is jointly run by the
307:, trained specialized teams of agents run by California Highway Patrol traffic officers and in its first years also consisted of agents from, California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, California Department of Corrections SERT, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and ATF. Upon request from local sheriffs, C-RAT teams conducted surveillance, documented garden cultivation and arrested suspects on marijuana grow sites.
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Federal law and are subject to action by the
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growers indoors in the 1990s. Also in response to stronger asset forfeiture laws, larger trespass grows on federal land, especially national forests, began to proliferate and CAMP in turn started to focus on the largest grows on federal land.
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cultivation and trafficking in
California. Since its establishment in 1983, more than 110 agencies having participated, making CAMP one of the largest law enforcement task force in the United States.
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by Emily Brady, written about the marijuana industry in
Humboldt County and the surrounding Emerald Triangle, makes multiple references to CAMP enforcement operations in Humboldt County.
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792:"Garberville Journal; Marijuana Once Reigned as the King"
1318:"Garberville's KMUD radio alerts: Helpful or dangerous?"
1048:"State Crackdown Nets $ 400 Million in Marijuana Plants"
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968:"War on Marijuana Draws Complaints in California"
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416:James Parker – Senior Agent in Charge (2004–2005)
410:Ron Gravitt – Special Agent in Charge (2002–2003)
395:Mitch Brown – Special Agent in Charge (1996–1997)
389:Dave Mansfield – Operations Commander (1991–1993)
383:Carolyn McIntyre – Special Agent in Charge (1990)
1202:"Marijuana fields becoming increasingly popular"
1158:"Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce (UCETF)"
404:Rick Oules – Special Agent in Charge (2000–2001)
398:JT Taylor – Special Agent in Charge (1998–1999)
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484:Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis
474:Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis
425:Jack Nelsen – Operations Commander (2019–2020)
392:Walt Kaiser – Operations Commander (1994–1997)
994:"Indoor Marijuana Crop Part of Growing Trend"
478:In October 2022, California Attorney General
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413:Dave Tresmontan – Acting Chief (2003–2004)
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207:California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement
71:California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement
1269:"Quick Reads: "Humboldt" by Emily Brady"
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1223:"The Emerald Triangle Community Study"
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1180:"New marijuana film goes up in smoke"
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871:"Nipping a Bountiful Marijuana Crop"
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586:National Geographic Magazine
577:Cash Crop: An American Dream
567:, Steve Chapple's 1984 book
325:Department of Justice Title
1294:Dang, Katy (July 5, 2013).
896:"Fighting the War on Drugs"
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944:"CAMP Final Report 1992"
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818:"CAMP Final Report 1988"
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894:Steele, Dennis (1996).
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108:Operations jurisdiction
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