Deployment of California Highway Patrol officers to Oakland last year resulted in recovery of over 4,000 stolen vehicles. Available data shows crime declined in Oakland since last year, with reductions in homicides, other violent crime, property crime and burglaries. New teams of CHP officers will be deployed to major California cities and regions including San Diego, Sacramento and the Central Valley. Oakland currently has fewer police officers than during the 2023 crime spike, and CHP reinforcement helped address staffing shortfalls amid the city's financial troubles. President Donald Trump earlier threatened to send National Guard troops to major cities and criticized Oakland, while state officials maintained the CHP deployments were a separate, ongoing operation.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday the deployment last year of California Highway Patrol officers to combat this city's crime problem led to the recovery of over 4,000 stolen vehicles in Oakland alone. Newsom lauded the success of CHP's involvement in Oakland, where state Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin said the available data clearly reflects that crime has declined in the city since last year.
The two were flanked by CHP leaders at a news conference in Newsom's office, where the governor announced that new teams of officers from the state law enforcement agency would similarly be deployed to major cities and areas up and down California, including San Diego, Sacramento and the Central Valley. We initiated that operation in Oakland, Newsom said, which continues to this day with tremendous success.
Data from the Oakland Police Department shows crime is down across the board in the city, starting with homicides arguably the category where it is the most difficult to juke stats and extending to other violent crime, plus property crime and burglaries.
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