(KTLA) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the expansion of California Highway Patrol crime suppression teams to major regions across the state.

The new deployments will target San Diego, the Inland Empire, Los Angeles, the Central Valley, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. CHP officers will work directly with local law enforcement to saturate high-crime areas, arrest repeat offenders and seize illegal weapons and narcotics.

The announcement follows operations launched in 2024 in Bakersfield, San Bernardino and Oakland. Those efforts have resulted in more than 9,000 arrests, nearly 5,800 recovered stolen vehicles and more than 400 firearms seized, according to the governor’s office.

“These crime suppression teams will provide critical support to our local partners by focus

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