{"id":166773,"date":"2023-09-12T21:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T04:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=166773"},"modified":"2023-09-12T21:00:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T04:00:53","slug":"california-to-make-large-investment-to-combat-organized-retail-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=166773","title":{"rendered":"California to Make Large Investment to Combat Organized Retail Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento, CA…Today Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is poised to make the largest-ever single investment to combat organized retail crime \u2014\u00a0$267,118,293.\u00a0<\/strong>As part of a competitive grant process, staff are recommending the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) award funding to 55 local law enforcement agencies across California. If approved by the Board, the funding, part of the Governor\u2019s\u00a0Real Public Safety Plan<\/a>, is slated to be dispersed on October 1, 2023, to police departments, sheriffs\u2019 departments, and district attorney offices in every region of the state to prevent and investigate cases of organized retail theft and arrest and prosecute more suspects.<\/p>\n

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WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cEnough with these brazen smash-and-grabs. With an unprecedented $267 million investment, Californians will soon see more takedowns, more police, more arrests, and more felony prosecutions. When shameless criminals walk out of stores with stolen goods, they\u2019ll walk straight into jail cells.\u201d<\/p>\n

WHAT THIS MEANS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0✅ More Police | ✅ More Arrests | ✅ More Takedowns<\/strong><\/p>\n

Across the state, 41 sheriffs\u2019 and police departments, as well as one probation department, stand to be awarded up to\u00a0$<\/strong>23,663,194 each<\/strong>. The funding would be used to create fully staffed retail theft investigative units, increase arrests, install advanced surveillance technology, train loss prevention officers, create new task forces, increase cooperation with businesses and the community, target criminals in blitz operations, as well as crack down on vehicle and catalytic converter theft. After a competitive grant application process for the state\u2019s\u00a0Organized Retail Theft Grant Program<\/a>, local law enforcement agencies in seven counties and 34 cities are being recommended for funding by BSCC:\u00a0Orange<\/strong>\u00a0County,\u00a0Los<\/strong>\u00a0Angeles<\/strong>\u00a0County,\u00a0Riverside<\/strong>\u00a0County,\u00a0Sacramento<\/strong>\u00a0County,\u00a0San<\/strong>\u00a0Mateo<\/strong>\u00a0County,\u00a0Santa<\/strong>\u00a0Clara<\/strong>\u00a0County,\u00a0Ventura<\/strong>\u00a0County and the cities of\u00a0Anaheim<\/strong>,\u00a0Bakersfield<\/strong>,\u00a0Beverly<\/strong>\u00a0Hills<\/strong>,\u00a0Brea<\/strong>,\u00a0Campbell<\/strong>,\u00a0Chula<\/strong>\u00a0Vista<\/strong>,\u00a0Citrus<\/strong>\u00a0Heights<\/strong>,\u00a0Clovis<\/strong>,\u00a0Coalinga<\/strong>,\u00a0Costa<\/strong>\u00a0Mesa<\/strong>, Daly\u00a0City<\/strong>,\u00a0Delano<\/strong>,\u00a0Fremont<\/strong>,\u00a0Fresno<\/strong>,\u00a0Garden<\/strong>\u00a0Grove<\/strong>,\u00a0Hemet<\/strong>,\u00a0Irvine<\/strong>,\u00a0Los<\/strong>\u00a0Angeles<\/strong>,\u00a0Modesto<\/strong>,\u00a0National<\/strong>\u00a0City<\/strong>,\u00a0Newark<\/strong>,\u00a0Palm<\/strong>\u00a0Springs<\/strong>,\u00a0Palo<\/strong>\u00a0Alto<\/strong>,\u00a0Roseville<\/strong>,\u00a0Salinas<\/strong>,\u00a0San Bruno<\/strong>,\u00a0San<\/strong>\u00a0Fernando<\/strong>,\u00a0San<\/strong>\u00a0Francisco<\/strong>,\u00a0San<\/strong>\u00a0Jose<\/strong>,\u00a0San<\/strong>\u00a0Ramon<\/strong>,\u00a0Santa<\/strong>\u00a0Monica<\/strong>,\u00a0Santa<\/strong>\u00a0Rosa<\/strong>, and\u00a0Vacaville<\/strong>. Recommended funding\u00a0levels<\/a>\u00a0and project\u00a0scopes<\/a>\u00a0for each agency are available on BSCC\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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✅ More Prosecutors | ✅ More Felony Charges | ✅ More Accountability<\/strong><\/div>\n

13 district attorneys\u2019 offices across California stand to receive up to\u00a0$2,050,000 each<\/strong>. The funding would be used to establish new vertical prosecution units \u2014 new teams dedicated to prosecuting organized retail theft \u2014 and to establish county-wide de facto \u201cintelligence centers,\u201d prosecution hubs for all related investigations within a county. After a competitive grant application process for the\u00a0Organized Retail Theft Vertical Prosecution Grant Program<\/a>, the following district attorneys\u2019 offices are being recommended for funding by BSCC:\u00a0Alameda, Humboldt<\/strong>,\u00a0Orange, Placer, Riverside,\u00a0<\/strong>Sacramento<\/strong>,\u00a0Santa<\/strong>\u00a0Barbara<\/strong>,\u00a0Santa<\/strong>\u00a0Clara<\/strong>,\u00a0San Francisco<\/strong>,\u00a0Stanislaus<\/strong>,\u00a0Sonoma<\/strong>,\u00a0Ventura<\/strong>, and\u00a0Yolo<\/strong>. Recommended funding\u00a0levels<\/a>\u00a0and project\u00a0scopes<\/a>\u00a0for each agency are available on BSCC\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BSCC Members are scheduled to vote on the recommendations on Thursday, September 14, 2023. The Board meeting can be viewed\u00a0here<\/a>. All funds for both grants will be allocated in annual installments over the next three years.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s funding is poised to significantly aid local law enforcement in cracking down on organized retail theft and other types of property crime \u2014 including vehicle and catalytic converter theft. Local efforts are supported by the California Highway Patrol\u2019s (CHP) Organized Retail Theft Task Force (ORCTF), which successfully dismantles large-scale statewide organized crime operations. Established by Governor Newsom in 2019, the ORCTF has recovered $30.7 million in stolen merchandise, conducted more than 1,850 investigations, and arrested over 1,250 individuals statewide.<\/p>\n

Public safety funding in California is at an all-time high. Building on investments to improve officer retention and well-being and the Governor\u2019s\u00a0Real Public Safety Plan<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 which focuses on strengthening local law enforcement response, ensuring perpetrators are held accountable, and getting guns and drugs off our streets \u2013 California\u2019s 2023-24\u00a0budget<\/a>\u00a0includes more than $800 million in funding to support multiple programs to improve public safety and crack down on retail crime, including today\u2019s grants.<\/p>\n

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Sacramento, CA…Today Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is poised to make the largest-ever single investment to combat organized retail crime \u2014\u00a0$267,118,293.\u00a0As part of a competitive grant process, staff are recommending the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) award funding to 55 local law enforcement agencies across California. If approved by the Board, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,16,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-law-enforcement","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Izzys-Designs-8.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166775,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166773\/revisions\/166775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/166774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}