State and Local Law Enforcement Funding to Combat Organized Retail Crime

Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state’s largest-ever single investment to combat organized retail crime — $267,118,293 — awardedby the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to 55 local law enforcement agencies across California. The funding, part of the Governor’s Real Public Safety Plan, will be dispersed on October 1, 2023, to 34 police departments, 7 sheriffs’ departments, one probation department, and 13 district attorney offices to prevent and investigate cases of organized retail theft and arrest and prosecute more suspects.

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