The governor framed the move as a partnership in the same vein as his April 2023 decision to send prosecutors into San Francisco to combat fentanyl trafficking.
OAKLAND — Days after ordering 120 California Highway Patrol officers to the East Bay, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced plans to also send state attorneys to Alameda County to beef up prosecutions of numerous “serious and complex crimes.”
Newsom did not say exactly how many prosecutors would be deputized to work in Alameda County in the coming days. Few other details were announced, beyond a focus on prosecuting “significant cases targeting major criminal networks in Oakland and the East Bay” and offering “investigative and analytical support to identify criminal networks.”
“An arrest isn’t enough,” Newsom said in a statement. “Justice demands that suspects are appropriately prosecuted. Whether it’s ‘bipping’ or carjacking, attempted murder or fentanyl trafficking, individuals must be held accountable for their crimes using the full and appropriate weight of the law.” But Newsom’s moves drew a sharp rebuke from Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods, who lambasted the idea as “a Band-Aid on a broken arm” that “is not going to solve anything.” He said that rather than flooding the streets with more law-enforcement officers and sending state prosecutors into Alameda County, the state should “go back to things that we know work,” including pumping money into mental health, housing, employment and education initiatives.
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