Shoppers across California may notice a greater law enforcement presence in and around malls in the state. Work is underway to end burglary and other brazen forms of retail theft. “It’s a lucrative business and there’s a big market for resale,” said California Highway Patrol Captain Jason Daughrity, who helps oversee the state’s Organized Crime Task Force in the retail business. , undercover operations and surveillance of high traffic commercial areas by air. The recent increase in organized retail theft across California has prompted the expansion of the task force’s reach into the Sacramento and Fresno areas. In 2022 alone, Daughrity said the California Highway Patrol had been involved in 300 investigations, arresting 300 suspects and recovering $7 million in stolen property. The task force began in 2018 and was involved in a total of 1,296 investigations, the arrest of 645 suspects and the recovery of over 200,000 items totaling $26 million.” There are coordinated events that you don’t see that are very calculated and very measurable ed and these are also a way in which retailers feel a serious impact,” Daughrity said. High-end sports hobbies such as the lululemon are among the products commonly targeted by criminals. “It has a resale huge market and a solid market for it,” Daughrity said. He noted that other commonly stolen property includes power tools, small electronics and personal care items such as blades. razor, shampoo, shaving cream and medicine. For the more expensive goods, a set of new state laws will make it harder for criminals to resell stolen items online. These laws are expected to come into force in January. In the meantime, Daughrity said law enforcement and retailers are collaborating on investigations. “The strongest thing law enforcement has of any weapon is communication,” he said. The task force is part of a larger effort by Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration’s response to organized retail theft. These efforts include providing $255 million in grants to local law enforcement over the next three years to combat retail theft, and an additional $30 million to help district attorneys across the country. State to prosecute the suspects involved.
Shoppers across California may notice a greater law enforcement presence in and around malls in the state. Work is underway to end burglary and other brazen forms of retail theft.
“It’s a lucrative business and there’s a big market for resale,” said California Highway Patrol Capt. Jason Daughrity, who helps oversee the state’s organized crime task force.
Daughrity said the increased law enforcement presence includes marked and visible patrols around shopping malls, undercover operations and surveillance of high-traffic commercial areas by aircraft.
The recent increase in organized retail theft across California has prompted the expansion of the task force’s reach into the Sacramento and Fresno areas. In 2022 alone, Daughrity said the California Highway Patrol has so far been involved in 300 investigations, arresting 300 suspects and recovering $7 million in stolen property.
The task force began in 2018 and has been involved in a total of 1,296 investigations, the arrest of 645 suspects and the recovery of over 200,000 items totaling $26 million.
“There are coordinated events that you don’t see that are very calculated and very measured and that’s also a way that retailers feel a serious impact,” Daughrity said.
High-end sports entertainment such as lululemon are among the products commonly targeted by criminals.
“He’s got a huge resale and a strong market for it,” Daughrity said.
He noted that other commonly stolen property includes power tools, small electronics and personal care items such as razor blades, shampoo, shaving cream and medication.
For the more expensive goods, a set of new state laws will make it harder for criminals to resell stolen items online. These laws are expected to come into force in January.
In the meantime, Daughrity said law enforcement and retailers are collaborating on investigations.
“The strongest thing law enforcement has of any weapon is communication,” he said.
The task force is part of a larger effort by Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration’s response to organized retail theft. These efforts include providing $255 million in grants to local law enforcement over the next three years to combat retail theft, and an additional $30 million to help district attorneys across the country. State to prosecute the suspects involved.