Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that California Highway Patrol crime suppression teams will be deployed to San Diego and major cities across the state.

The teams will work with local law enforcement agencies as part of ongoing efforts to reduce crime statewide.

Newsom said the deployments are an expansion of CHP efforts that the governor said have led to significant crime reductions in Bakersfield, Oakland and San Bernardino.

The new enforcement efforts will take place in San Diego, as well as Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, Central Valley, Sacramento and the Bay Area.

Crime suppression teams “will saturate high-crime areas, target repeat offenders and seize illicit weapons and narcotics,” the governor’s office said.

“When the state and local communities work together strategical

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