As part of a determined effort to curb retail theft, the San Francisco Police Department arrested 17 adults on suspicion of shoplifting in a one-day operation, the agency said Thursday afternoon. On Wednesday, the department announced the arrest of a 14-year-old girl accused of stealing more than $30,000 in goods from local stores.
"Our city will not tolerate criminals ransacking our businesses," Chief Bill Scott said in a news release issued when the new operations were announced on Oct. 6. "Not only are these crimes devastating to our business community and local economy, too often we've seen these crimes escalate into violence."
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