San Francisco has seen a significant reduction in car break-ins, with a more than 50% drop in the last five months, despite police data indicating there were 19,742 car burglaries last year, an average of 54 break-ins a day. Focused enforcement efforts by the SFPD and SFDAOffice are credited for the decline. Concurrently, Governor Gavin Newsom has deployed a large California Highway Patrol force to combat the crime wave in Oakland, particularly in Alameda County. The city is bolstering its response with increased law enforcement investigations, police recruitment, and community and violence intervention initiatives.
Rising crime risks turning Oakland into a ‘ghost town.’ Newsom is sending in reinforcements // CNN on what everyone in the Bay Area knows. https://t.co/acrvmPI3Wr
San Francisco is in the grips of a car break-in epidemic. Police data says there were 19,742 car burglaries in the city last year, an average of 54 break-ins a day. https://t.co/Jy1FqFyZb1
Gavin better not be taking CHP Officers off the streets of San Francisco for this legendary increase of CHP presence in Oakland... I call on his team to confirm that this is not the case. Based on his language, I believe that might be his strategy, but I hope not. https://t.co/wL974sB1Dp
About damn time @GavinNewsom — turn these CHP loose on Oakland, turn those license plate readers on, open season on cars without plates, stolen cars, cars registered to owners with warrants. Time to get the criminals, stolen cars and guns off the streets of Oakland. Time for a… https://t.co/MGQeekkhKO
The @CHP is heading to Alameda County including Oakland per @GavinNewsom. https://t.co/wEbRPOU6CO
Oakland, CA is turning into a zombie land. Everything is shutting down. The streets are lined with shuttered storefronts. This is the Gavin Newsom effect. Gavin wants to become president and do this to the entire country. https://t.co/Gn6hkNOkJ7
The surge of crime and violence that we are seeing in our streets is completely unacceptable. The City of Oakland is hard at work turning the tide — increasing law enforcement investigations, increasing police recruitment, and investing in community and violence intervention… https://t.co/iRGBqinEfP
ICYMI: @GavinNewsom is dispatching one of the biggest California Highway Patrol forces of his tenure to combat an “alarming and unacceptable” Oakland crime wave https://t.co/QsfAjd3oNI https://t.co/xvONADToGK
With our focused enforcement efforts, we continue to see a dramatic drop in car break-ins: 50+ drop in the last five months. Our @SFPD and @SFDAOffice are doing the work. This is how we are turning the corner on public safety in our city. https://t.co/DzEovxNTZg https://t.co/6oJpzulcdF
Has S.F. cracked how to fix the car break-in crisis? Here’s what is driving the decline https://t.co/zRQYjPNBb0 via @sfchronicle