Gov. Gavin Newsom extended the California Highway Patrol’s enforcement surge in Oakland on Friday, which was scheduled to end this week. Newsom says extending the surge is necessary to, “maintain public safety,” following Tuesday’s election.
The surge operation was first announced in February and set to expire this week.
However, building off the success from the program, Newsom has ordered CHP to continue its work in the city through at least the end of the year.
His office says so far this year, the operation resulted in the arrest of nearly 1,200 suspects, the recovery of more than 2,200 stolen vehicles and the seizure of 124 illegal firearms since February.
That work was amplified back in July when Newsom ramped up these efforts–quadrupling the number of CHP officer shifts over four months to help local agencies target organized crime, sideshows, carjacking and other criminal activity seven days a week.
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