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San Francisco supervisors continue hearing on surge in vehicle burglaries after DA and SFPD brief committee
Summary
Supervisors heard data and tactics from the District Attorney's Office and SFPD on rising auto burglaries, including a multi-agency operation that sharply reduced Zipcar thefts; the committee continued the item for follow-up after residents urged more cameras, bait cars and neighborhood enforcement.
Supervisors at the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on March 10 continued a hearing on a citywide rise in vehicle burglaries after presentations from the District Attorney nd the San Francisco Police Department on data, enforcement and prevention strategies.
The District Attorney n office representative told the committee that auto burglaries have driven much of the increase in property crime over recent years. The presenter said the office compared the first eight months of 2014 and 2015 to make an "apples-to-apples" comparison and reported roughly 33,000 incidents in 2014 versus about 39,000 in 2015. Of those auto-burglary incidents reported to police in one period cited, 487 arrests were presented to the DA's office (about 2 percent of incidents), and the office has increased its charging or action rate from…
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