California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Aug. 28 that new California Highway Patrol (CHP) crime suppression teams will be deployed in major cities across the state, expanding a program officials say has already reduced violent and property crime.
The teams will work in Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Valley, and the Inland Empire, focusing on high-crime areas in coordination with local police. Newsom said the expanded deployments build on earlier partnerships in Oakland, Bakersfield, and San Bernardino.
