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Sunnyvale public-safety leaders outline burglary-suppression efforts and new license-plate cameras
Summary
Officials cited county crime-rate reports, described a holiday burglary suppression detail and announced a 20-camera license-plate reader program (12 installed so far) to help track vehicles linked to property crimes.
Sunnyvale public-safety officials described crime trends, recent operational efforts to reduce property crimes and a newly budgeted license-plate reader program they say will aid investigations.
Chief Pho Ngo cited the Santa Clara County District Attorney's annual report to show trends: officials said Sunnyvale's reported crime rate per 100,000 residents fell from about 2,922 in the 2024 report to roughly 2,466 in the 2023 dataset presented by the department during the meeting. The chief said the city is "trending in the right direction" but emphasized that each victim's…
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