Since Black Friday, Officers from the Northwest and Northeast Area Commands have worked in conjunction with the Organized Crime Unit on multiple holiday operations to combat retail crime across the city.
just last night more than 80 people to wearing masks ran into a nordstrom just outside of san francisco and came out with a bunch of luxury goods. officers were able to arrest a handful of the suspects. fox news has reached out to the walnut creek police for more information and just the night before, on friday, an apparently coordinated group of looters broke into a number of high-end stores across san francisco including louis vuitton, burberry, bloomingdale s and several cannabis dispensaries. police say at least eight arrests were made in what they are calling a concerted smash and grab incident. their plan was to overwhelm us. their plan was hoping that we wouldn t be here, but we were. and some of them think they got away with it, but i am confident, i am confident that there ll be more arrests to follow. reporter: san francisco s mayor recently announced the city is announcing or launching a new retail crime initiative to deal with thety s huge amount of city s huge amount
announced it will close five more san francisco locations with rampant theft in the city. some retailers have reduced their hours or are keeping valuable items. to lessen the chance of them getting smashed. san francisco s mayor announced the city will have a retail crime initiative to deal with the mounting problem. the messenger today is if you come here to our city to commit those above crimes were to come into vandalize or harm individuals. you will be held accountable. you will be brought to justice. critics have california handle crimes said this problem is a result of a state referendum that downgraded property theft for stolen items of $950 or less. mike: christina coleman live on the west coast, thank you. a plan to prevent armageddon is underway as massive plans of a