California: CHP hits the Bay Area streets, enforces public safety through its crime suppression teams
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Oct 28, 2025

CHP hits the Bay Area streets, enforces public safety through its crime suppression teams

What you need to know: Governor Newsom's expansion of California Highway Patrol's presence in the Bay Area has helped reduce crime and increase public safety by seizing illicit drugs and taking firearms off the streets.

SAN FRANCISCO — As California continues to experience record-dropping crime rates and increased public safety statewide, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced additional progress by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in the Bay Area.

The CHP has helped Bay Area law enforcement make more than 275 arrests, recover over 520 stolen vehicles, and seize 34 illicit firearms so far this year.

California is going all in to build on the success in the Bay Area to enhance public safety. We've seen significant success in driving down crime when we've partnered CHP officers with local law enforcement officials.

Governor Gavin Newsom

Earlier this summer, the Governor announced the next phase of his crime-fighting efforts — deploying new CHP crime suppression teams to work directly with local law enforcement in major cities and regions across the state — San Diego, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Central Valley, Sacramento, and the San Francisco Bay Area. CHP officers have worked with local law enforcement statewide to make 1,200 arrests, recover more than 600 stolen vehicles, and seize 73 illegal firearms across the various regions so far this year.

"Seeing our crime suppression teams in action reminds me why our mission matters. Their tireless work in the field is not only reducing crime but also strengthening the trust and confidence of the communities we serve throughout California," said CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee.

Community groups and local leaders agree – the work these officers do together every day is all in service to their communities and to improve safety overall.

Trump has backed off sending in the military – for now

At the request of community groups, state and local leaders, and concerned Californians, last Thursday, President Trump agreed to not deploy federal agents into San Francisco. In recent weeks, Trump has publicly stated his intention to unlawfully send in the National Guard to San Francisco, including saying on October 19 that "they want us in San Francisco," and on October 15 "strongly recommending at the request of government officials, which is always nice, that you start looking at San Francisco" to deploy the military.

In fact, community partners and local leaders have vehemently disagreed with the President and have said no to this domestic military intervention in the city  – public safety is up and crime is down, all because of significant investments and meaningful partnerships between state and local leaders.

Since the deployment of soldiers to Los Angeles in June, the federal government has shifted its reasoning and broadened its mission, dispatching hundreds of federalized National Guard members beyond Los Angeles to Portland and Chicago.

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The federal government has now renewed the federalization of these California guard members to extend to at least February 2026.

California takes care of its communities

The California National Guard already supports San Francisco in multiple ways, including through its Counter Drug Task Force with over two dozen guardsmembers assigned to San Francisco, through city strategic planning in support of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, and prosecution support within the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.

The truth is that Donald Trump hates California's progress. California's partnership with local communities, especially in San Francisco, has helped reduce crime and increase public safety by seizing illicit drugs and firearms off the streets. With crime dropping statewide, the Governor announced the next phase of his crime-fighting efforts in July — deploying new California Highway Patrol (CHP) crime suppression teams to work directly with local law enforcement in major cities and regions across the state — San Diego, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Central Valley, Sacramento, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

The work these officers do together every day is all in service to their communities and to improve safety overall. In 2023, the state began working with local communities to target fentanyl trafficking, disrupting the supply of the deadly drug in the city, and holding the operators of drug trafficking rings accountable.

Through collaborative efforts between the California Department of Justice, the California Highway Patrol, the California National Guard, the San Francisco Police Department, and the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, officials seized nearly 700 pounds of fentanyl and CHP issued 6,200+ citations for illegal activity, made 500+ arrests, and recovered 115+ stolen vehicles.

California has invested $1.7 billion since 2019 to fight crime, help local governments hire more police, and improve public safety. In 2023, as part of California's Public Safety Plan, the Governor announced the largest-ever investment to combat organized retail crime in state history, an annual 310% increase in proactive operations targeting organized retail crime, and special operations across the state to fight crime and improve public safety.

In August, Governor Newsom signed into law the most significant bipartisan legislation to crack down on property crime in modern California history. Building on the state's robust laws and record public safety funding, these bipartisan bills offer new tools to bolster ongoing efforts to hold criminals accountable for smash-and-grab robberies, property crime, retail theft, and auto burglaries. While California's crime rate remains at near-historic lows, these laws help California adapt to evolving criminal tactics to ensure perpetrators are effectively held accountable.

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Crime is down in the Bay Area

According to the Major Cities Chiefs Association, overall violent crime in major California cities is down 12.5% in 2025 compared to 2024. The largest overall declines in violent crime were reported by the police departments in Oakland (30%) and San Francisco (22%). Another data set released by the California Department of Justice found that nearly every major crime category, including violent crime and homicides, dropped in 2024.

The results in California's major Bay Area cities cross over into overall success for the state as California's 2024 homicide rate is now the second lowest it has been since at least 1966.

And when comparing crime rates in San Francisco before the COVID-related crime surge, between 2019 and 2025, there has been a 45% decrease in homicides and 40% decrease in robberies. Similarly, in Oakland, between 2019 and 2025, there has been a 28% decrease in robberies while homicide rates remain unchanged.

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