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Newsom rolls out surveillance plan to crack down on Oakland crime with nearly 500 cameras

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced the installation of 480 surveillance cameras in Oakland, California, and the East Bay as part of efforts to aid law enforcement in fighting crime. The advanced cameras from Flock Safety will allow police with the Oakland Police Department and the California Highway Patrol to identify vehicles and track the movements […]

NYC Placing Gun Scanners In Subway Stations In Effort To Deter Violent Crime

People walk on the platform of the Church Avenue subway station as trains arrive during a winter storm on February 13, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) OAN’s Cameron Breckenridge12:17pm – Friday, March 29, 2024 Gun detection scanners will soon be installed on the New […]

Parent group raises $40K to patrol UC Berkeley campus over crime concerns

A group of disgruntled parents at the University of California, Berkeley has raised $40,000 to hire unarmed security guards to monitor the streets around the California campus as concerns continue to rise in crime. . Parents and community members from Safe Bears, a nonprofit organization founded in 2022, have raised $40,000 in late 2023 to […]

Some Crime Is Up, But Trump’s Trying to Exploit ‘Disconnect’ Between Perceptions and Stats

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Situation Room,” CNN national correspondent John King reacts to 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump’s attendance at a vigil for a slain NYPD police officer. “There is a disconnect between crime statistics and property crimes,” he said. Nationally, vehicle thefts are up, “most violent crimes are down,” […]

State makes retail theft a felony as organized crime proliferates

The Kansas Legislature passed a classification bill Wednesday. organized retail crime (ORC) is a felony, joining nine other states that passed similar laws last year. ORC refers to an organized shoplifting ring that targets stores and freight forwarders by snatching and robbing them. The state senate passed House of Representatives bill In 2144, felonies will […]