A multi-agency crackdown on organized retail theft led by Santa Rosa police at several businesses on Thursday resulted in 17 arrests, the department said.
The Santa Rosa Police Department said in a press release on Friday that it worked with police departments of Petaluma, Cotati, Healdsburg, and the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney’s Office. The operation targeted stores at the Santa Rosa Marketplace mall and other businesses on Santa Rosa Avenue between Burt Street and Baker Avenue.
Dozens of officers and detectives worked with stores such as Target, Marshalls, Old Navy, Ulta, and Ross, meeting with their staffers to advise them of the operation and providing information on how to report incidents during the operation to coordinate with arrest teams, police said…