The Santa Monica Police Department issued one citation during a recent “shoulder tap” operation that asked 53 individuals to purchase alcohol for a minor. SMPD officers visited four stores on March 12 ...

Nobody was cited for furnishing alcohol to minors in a Shoulder Tap operation, the San Diego Police Department said Wednesday. The SDPD Vice Unit contacted 31 people in the operation on Saturday, SDPD ...

SLO police and state agents arrested 3 people in underage alcohol sting operations. Officers used minor decoys and shoulder taps across 52 locations over 3 weeks. Grant-funded operations aim to curb ...

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PERSON TO BUY THEM ALCOHOL. AND ITS ALL BEING OVERSEEN... BY SHERIF ON SUNDAY... MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFFS... CONDUCTED WHAT'S CALLED... A SHOULDER TAP OPERATION... WHERE A MINOR -- UNDER THE ...

Monterey County sheriffs are warning adults about the dangers of purchasing alcohol for minors after a shoulder tap operation in Salinas led to three arrests. On Sunday, sheriffs conducted the ...

For three weeks in a row, the San Luis Obispo Police Department and state agents conducted minor decoy and shoulder tap operations to catch illegal alcohol sales. These operations resulted in three ...