LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office reported on Thursday that members of its force will be working with the federal government on drug-related investigations.
Sgt. Steve Brooks said that effective Oct. 1 two of the agency’s narcotic detectives will be cross-deputized as Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force officers.
Their assignment will be to investigate narcotics-related offenses on a federal level, according to Brooks.
Brooks said the cross-deputized detectives will seek federal prosecution of major drug offenses occurring within Lake County and the surrounding region.
The DEA was among several regional, state and federal agencies that assisted the Lake County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force in serving seven search warrants in Middletown and Upper Lake earlier this week.