Ironically, moments before SFPD's news conference about car break-ins began at the Palace of Fine Arts, a family from Missouri got their rental car broken into near the same spot.
A San Francisco tourist's car was burglarized near the Palace of Fine Arts, just near where police announced new tact to crack down on car break-ins.Police in San Francisco have a new plan Thursday to crack down on brazen smash and grab car break-ins, which seem to be happening almost daily. Now, city officials say enough is enough.Scott was talking about a crime spree that's reached epidemic proportions.
Scott says his department is adding more officers in neighborhoods where break ins are happening, even using 'bait cars' to catch thieves. "When people come to the city breaking into cars, they may be breaking into cars put there by the San Francisco Police Department. We intend to catch people in the act," said Scott.Ironic, considering moments before this news conference began at the Palace of Fine Arts, tourist Lindsay Dobbelare from Missouri got her family's rental car broken into near the same spot.
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