(KRON) — California Governor Gavin Newsom introduced final week that he would deploy an extra 120 California Highway Patrol Officers to the better Oakland space in a focused surge operation to crack down on crime. On Wednesday, the governor’s workplace introduced early outcomes of that elevated deployment.
Last week’s short-term regulation enforcement surge operation netted arrests of 71 suspects, the restoration of 145 stolen autos and the seizure of 4 crime-linked firearms, the governor’s workplace mentioned. Suspects have been arrested for prices together with auto theft, drug possession, felony gun possession, possession of stolen property, DUI and excellent warrants. Cases will go to the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution, in line with the governor’s workplace.
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The governor’s workplace additionally credited the CHP surge operation with the arrest of an Apple Store theft suspect proven taking dozens of units from an Emeryville location in a viral video.
Gov. Newsom additionally introduced final week that deputy attorneys common from the California Department of Justice and attorneys from the California National Guard can be deployed in Oakland and Alameda County to extend prosecutions.
