San Francisco Police Have New Technology to Catch Car Thieves, So They Created an Emotional Video to Show It Off

You might think otherwise reading all the stories about the Kia Challenge and how the Kia Boys continue to wreak havoc in their quiet communities, but police across the United States actually have a plan to combat car theft.

This plan appears to be working in San Francisco, where the number of carjackings dropped by 56 percent from June to July of this year.

Thanks to this new technology, specifically designed to combat car theft.

San Francisco police took to X (formerly Twitter) to brag about a new drone and license plate reader system designed to hunt down criminals.

An action-packed video posted to social media by the SPFD shows how Flock cameras can alert to the presence of potential criminals, with drones then deployed to scan the area and decide whether to send ground officers to the scene.

The clip shows a drone deployed to follow a red Hyundai involved in another theft earlier that week. The Flock camera spotted the car and alerted officers on duty. The deployed drone arrives on scene and records three suspects parking near the Embarcadero and smashing the rear side window of another Off-road.

The suspects removed several suitcases from the black SUV, got into the red Hyundai and fled the scene, hoping to escape without being caught.

Police say in the video that the drone began chasing the vehicle, so officers on the ground didn’t have to intervene. Avoiding a chase was key, police say, so officers placed spikes based on information gathered from the drone, anticipating where the car was headed. The red Hyundai was eventually abandoned by the suspects, who attempted to flee on foot, but were all arrested. They were carrying loaded firearms, but police say the trio were arrested without any gunshots.

The emotional video concludes with the SFPD explaining that field officers and new technologies have made San Francisco’s streets significantly safer, reducing the number of carjackings by more than 56 percent in one month.

Not surprisingly, Mayor London Breed took to X to retweet the video and praise Proposition E, a program that allows police to conduct more surveillance when there is evidence of criminal activity.

Before we wrap up this story, be sure to watch the video below (in the embedded tweet) and read the comments posted by other X users on the social network. The question that everyone is asking and that the SFPD is not answering is still on everyone's lips: were the three suspects processed and sent to prison, or were they given the opportunity to get out on bail?

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