SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Police Department announced in a news release from Friday, December 16, that 60 arrests have been made in a retail theft abatement operation.  

The locations investigated by plainclothes officers and lost prevention included grocery stores, department stores and pharmacies. The operations resulted in 13 felony bookings and 47 misdemeanor citations. The names of those arrested have not been disclosed to the public. 

About half of those arrested were offered diversion, the SFPD stated, with the rest being prosecuted for various retail theft crimes including commercial shoplifting, petty theft, and grand theft.

“It is imperative that there is accountability and appropriate consequences in all cases. Inventory loss due to retail theft has caused a financial and emotional hardship to our businesses and the community,” the SFPD said in a statement.

The SFPD is asking all victims and witnesses of crimes to report them to 911 or if the situation is not presently an emergency to contact 415-553-0123.