2-05/090.05 - Pawns and License Detail

This detail investigates license violation cases.

Responsibilities of this detail include:

• generating new ordinances and amending existing ones at the request of the Board of Supervisors;
• inspecting licensed premises;
• presenting the results of license investigations to the Business License Commission and License Appeals Board;
• receiving applications and investigating license applicants;
• reviewing licenses;
• enforcing license ordinances;
• inspecting/regulating of pawnshops and secondhand dealers to ensure compliance with County ordinances and the Business and Professions Code;
• recovering stolen property discovered at pawnshops, etc.;
• maintain automated files of pawn transactions;
• acting as liaison with Department of Justice Automated Property Unit;
• maintaining a suspicious pawner file;
• notifying concerned agencies on hits involving reported stolen property; and
• entering of selected pawned items into the State Automated Property System.