A new surge operation to combat violent crime in San Bernardino started on Monday.
“We are sending additional CHP support to help local law enforcement aggressively suppress criminal activity and provide this community with a new level of safety and accountability,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. San Bernardino has a violent crime rate nearly double the statewide average and a homicide rate over three times the average according to the State of California. The city is Newsom's latest target in a year-long push to reduce crime.
Newsom says illicit drugs, including fentanyl,l have been taken off the streets in previous surges. Among the most successful operations include 3,000 stolen vehicles recovered and over 3,200 arrests made. The governor also says the state's focus on retail crime is seeing results, as well. The 38 cities and counties that received $267 million dollars in"Organized Retail Theft grants" have made 10,138 arrests so far, of which nearly 8,000 were for organized retail theft.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.
Earlier this year, Newsom signed some of the toughest legislation to date in California with bipartisan support. The 10 new laws create stricter penalties, including increased sentencing for organizational retail crime, empowering police to arrest retail theft suspects for probable cause, and allowing prosecutors to total stolen items across different stores and areas of the state.
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