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Gavin Newsom's plan to stop California's smash-and-grab thefts: Spend $300M
Fox ^ | 18 December 2021 | Brie Stimson

Posted on 12/18/2021 2:32:36 AM PST by blueplum

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed spending more than $300 million to help law enforcement and small businesses address a recent rash of high-profile smash and grab thefts.

Under the three-year plan, the money would finance a crackdown on organized crime rings, which are believed to be carrying out the crimes....

...Local law enforcement agencies would receive $255 million over the next three years to place more officers in stores to deter theft and another $30 million would go to district attorneys ...

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; california; crime; crimewaves; defundthepolice; dystopia; gavinnewsom; smashandgrab
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seriously? 300M ? for that pricetag let them take the merch it's cheaper
1 posted on 12/18/2021 2:32:36 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

I could do it for less than $300 dollars! Although I Sam not quite sure how much these days for a case of .223 ammo costs...


2 posted on 12/18/2021 2:37:20 AM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: blueplum

I could do it for less than $300 dollars! Although I am not quite sure how much these days for a case of .223 ammo costs...


3 posted on 12/18/2021 2:37:53 AM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: blueplum

So instead of smashing and grabbing gangs can show up and just get cash. Brilliant!


4 posted on 12/18/2021 2:41:00 AM PST by corlorde
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To: sit-rep

Don’t just arrest them but sentence them. If the laws aren’t there to punish then there’s no sense throwing more money at the police. Prosecute them!


5 posted on 12/18/2021 2:41:36 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: blueplum

“Greeters” are back at my local Walmart here in Florida.

Since California-style lawmaking and crime has a nationwide impact on commerce, I suggest Congress outlaw Proposition 47 and form a FBI task force to deal with the shoplifting gangs.

Brick & mortar retail is a large source of employment that should be protected against criminals.


6 posted on 12/18/2021 2:55:47 AM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: sit-rep

The California police are afraid to intervene in the robberies because these gangs have serious weaponry.

Perhaps a California armed robbery statute might come into legal play.


7 posted on 12/18/2021 3:00:59 AM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: blueplum

Nancy Pelosi only has give the word and Proposition 47 would get federally negated.

Any Republican running against here might consider forcing her hand.

California Proposition 47 might be costing Walmart over $3 million a year in Florida alone in additional security costs.


8 posted on 12/18/2021 3:04:48 AM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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yay

more armed government agents


9 posted on 12/18/2021 3:07:40 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: caww

Whatever sum of money necessary to remove the prosecutors who will not uphold the law and discharge the miscreants with the crimes they have committed, then VIGOROUSLY prosecute them in a court of law, with the judges, who should also be purged and replaced with magistrates who actually hand down a much more appropriate sentence, and a parole system that monitors conscientiously and closely the release and subsequent behavior of the felons incarcerated for this wave of criminal acts, is how much should be spent. But of course, no such commonly acceptable solution shall ever be offered by the California legislature as it is now constituted, or the governor (the haughty Gruesome Newsom) now in office.


10 posted on 12/18/2021 3:09:47 AM PST by alloysteel (COVID-19 Wuhan virus doesn't kill most people, stupid government dictates kill many more people)
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“Don’t just arrest them but sentence them.”

Locking people up in cells is expensive.

I suggest placing heavy arm and leg weights on convicted people for several months.

Larry Lightfingered will be very unhappy about having a 30-pound weight locked around his lower right arm for three months.


11 posted on 12/18/2021 3:11:20 AM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: blueplum

Typical liberal and stupid board room moves.. Instead of firing the incompetent and busting heads, throw money at the problem and it will go away.


12 posted on 12/18/2021 3:13:19 AM PST by Ikeon (Let's do things the stupid way, because its easier for you. )
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To: alloysteel

“...CHARGE the miscreants...”

Proofreading is sometimes not enough.


13 posted on 12/18/2021 3:13:37 AM PST by alloysteel (COVID-19 Wuhan virus doesn't kill most people, stupid government dictates kill many more people)
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California prosecutors I believe are subject to recall votes.

Shopkeepers should start gathering signatures.

The shopkeepers should also gather signatures to repeal Proposition 47.


14 posted on 12/18/2021 3:13:57 AM PST by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: blueplum; All
A cheaper and more effective solution: Re-arm the cops with nightsticks and allow them to use them.

Step two: House the thugs in tents in Death Valley for six months. Let them dine on snakes and scorpios.

15 posted on 12/18/2021 3:16:45 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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“If the laws aren’t there to punish then there’s no sense throwing more money at the police. Prosecute them!”

Why should that happen. If you’ll notice $30M of the new booty is going to the D.A.’s. Why should they stop the crimes they are being paid to discontinue? The cash cow dries up.

You don’t pay people more money to do the job they were hired to do to begin with. If the money was acceptable to begin with, you fire them for not doing the job they were already being paid a proper amount to do. Otherwise, they shouldn’t have taken the job to begin with if it couldn’t be done originally or they weren’t qualified to do it. You don’t increase the money, you abide by the expectations of the job.

wy69


16 posted on 12/18/2021 3:18:42 AM PST by whitney69
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Don’t just arrest them but sentence them. If the laws aren’t there to punish then there’s no sense throwing more money at the police. Prosecute them!

Exactly!

Throwing money at the problem alone won't fix it anymore than leaving your trunk open will prevent damage to your car.

17 posted on 12/18/2021 3:23:24 AM PST by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
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No big deal to rob the small-guy stores, the cvs types, big retailers....but touch the elites areas and suddenly it’s a $300,000,000 problem we need to pay to fix.


18 posted on 12/18/2021 3:36:21 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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Organized Crime is dang right. Now that they’ve identified the causes of the crime wave, Antifa, BLiesM and the democrat party, how are they going to spend the cash?


19 posted on 12/18/2021 3:38:50 AM PST by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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the money would finance a crackdown on organized crime rings, which are believed to be carrying out the crimes....


How does that work when the DAs don’t prosecute and the police are defunded and scorned by the public?


20 posted on 12/18/2021 3:38:56 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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