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   Over a dozen suspects tied to the spate of nearly a dozen smash-   
   and-grab robberies in Los Angeles were busted but then quickly   
   released due to zero-bail policies, which has left the LAPD’s   
   top cop frustrated.   
      
   The 14 arrests followed a “rash” of 11 “flash-mob type” raids in   
   which nearly $350,000 in goods was swiped in just 10 days in the   
   City of Angels last month, with the last on Nov. 28, LAPD chief   
   Michel Moore said Thursday.   
      
   “All of the suspects taken into custody are out of custody,”   
   Moore complained, blaming “zero-bail criteria” for the release   
   of all but one, who was a juvenile.   
      
   “There’s criminal elements that are recognizing that condition   
   and are capitalizing on it,” he warned of crooks emboldened by   
   the soft-touch approach.   
      
   “We are concerned,” the police chief admitted. “You can be   
   arrested for crimes such as burglary — a serious felony, a   
   person coming into your home or business … and that’s a zero   
   bail.   
      
   “Meaning that we book and process, identify you, and then your   
   arraignment date is three to four months from now,” he said.   
      
   “Remember, the vast majority of crime is committed by relatively   
   few people. And when the few people are constantly gaming the   
   system to understand its weaknesses” they can easily “prey upon   
   society,” he said.   
      
   The 11 raids caused at least $40,000 in property damage, Moore   
   said, insisting that the impact on the community now terrified   
   of violent raids “cannot be overstated.”   
      
   California’s statewide policy of imposing no bail for   
   misdemeanors and lower-level felonies was introduced last year   
   to help reduce the jail population at the height of the pandemic.   
      
   Although it was due to end late last year, it has been kept in   
   place within the LA County Superior Court system.   
      
   Mayor Eric Garcetti backed the police chief’s complaint,   
   insisting, “There are people who need to be behind bars.”   
      
   The 11 “flash-mob type” raids cost businesses nearly $350,000 in   
   goods.   
      
   “How many times does the same person have to steal a car —   
   three, four, five times — after being released before we   
   realize” that they should have been held, he asked.   
      
   However, he insisted it was only “partly” due to progressive   
   District Attorney George Gascón, who supports ending bail across   
   the board for misdemeanor, non-violent and non-serious felony   
   offenses.   
      
   “Much of it is coming from the judicial system itself, not the   
   prosecutors,” he insisted.   
      
   “We need the help of our criminal justice system, of our judges,   
   of our jailers,” Garcetti said.   
      
   “We have opened up a lot of the city because we’re in a better   
   place with COVID. We should be able to also open up our jails,   
   and we should be able to have judges that put people behind   
   those bars.”   
      
   Despite the stinging criticisms of the policies he ran on,   
   Gascón’s office still reckoned the smash-and-grab robbers would   
   be held accountable.   
      
   “These brazen acts hurt all of us: retailers, employees and   
   customers alike,” said Gascón’s special advisor, Alex Bastian.   
      
   Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has boasted of his criminal   
   justice reform efforts, promised on Wednesday that the proposed   
   budget he sends to state lawmakers next month will   
   “significantly increase our efforts to go after these retail   
   rings.”   
      
   With Post wires   
      
   https://nypost.com/2021/12/03/14-arrested-for-l-a-smash-and-grab-   
   robberies-all-released-on-zero-bail-policies/   
      
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