OAKLAND — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday the deployment last year of California Highway Patrol officers to combat this city’s crime problem led to the recovery of over 4,000 stolen vehicles “in Oakland alone.”

Newsom lauded the success of CHP’s involvement in Oakland, where state Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin said the available data clearly reflects that crime has declined in the city since last year.

The two were flanked by CHP leaders at a news conference in Newsom’s office, where the governor announced that new teams of officers from the state law enforcement agency would similarly be deployed to major cities and areas up and down California, including San Diego, Sacramento and the Central Valley.

“We initiated that operation” in Oakland, Newsom said, “which continues to t

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