California will spend $267 million to help dozens of local law enforcement agencies increase patrols, buy surveillance equipment and conduct other activities aimed at cracking down on smash-and-grab robberies happening around the state.
Officials from the California Highway Patrol and San Francisco and Los Angeles law enforcement agencies made the announcement Friday. It follows a string of brazen luxury store robberies in recent months, where dozens of individuals come into a store and begin stealing en masse.
Videos of the incidents have quickly spread online and fueled critics who argue California takes too lax an approach to crime.
What a load of bullshit. These stores targeted for smash and grabs throw away and lose more items during shipping than shoplifting and smash and grabs.
This is like building levees in the desert because it rains there occasionally
Multiple stores in my community have closed due to this, so in fact, it is not a load of bullshit.