2021 Union Square robberies Archives

SJ City Council Approves $250,000 For License Plate Readers To Combat Bay Area Crime Wave

December 3, 2021 12:01 pmDecember 3, 2021 5:14 pm

The San Jose City Council voted unanimously to spend $250,000 on a huge expansion of license plate readers earlier this week in an attempt to slow the growing number of robberies in the city and surrounding area. While crime in...

Police Defunding Efforts, Lowered Numbers of Police Officers Partially To Blame For Recent Retail Robbery Wave

November 26, 2021 3:13 pmNovember 28, 2021 10:30 am

The wave of group mob-style smash and grab robberies around the Golden State continued on in California over the Thanksgiving holiday period, resulting on the ramping up of police protection despite some departments facing strained resources following defunding efforts. Following...

Gov. Newsom Vows Funding To Stop Recent High-End SF Robberies

November 23, 2021 2:25 amNovember 30, 2021 4:05 pm

During a speech at a San Francisco vaccine clinic on Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom denounced the high-profile high-end retail robberies that occurred in the Bay Area this weekend, vowing to increase state budgetary support to fight retail theft rings....

Boarded Up SF Bay Area Stores Following String of High-Profile Robberies

November 22, 2021 4:57 pmNovember 22, 2021 8:01 pm

Stores in San Francisco’s Union Square, as well as around the Bay Area, engaged in a mass boarding up of stores during the weekend to counter the mass number of store robberies that have occurred recently. While crime rates such...