Not GP but ...
... if the people involved in them were sent to jail.
... if the people involved in them were sent to jail.
It's so bad that cops in Southern California try very hard to find evidence that will allow them to hand a criminal over to the feds -- because federal prosecutors will actually prosecute, but state prosecutors will not. (Source: I'm friends with a cop in socal who specializes in theft crime rings)
We need to throw out these inept district attorneys and never elect such people again. A bigger question: how did they get elected en-mass in the first place?
It's a reaction to unjust laws, for-profit prison systems, lack of police accountability, and high rates of recidivism from not treating the cause of lots of crime.
https://abc7news.com/international-fencing-operation-sf-boba...
Guess who declined to help with the logistics of this operation? Surprise, SFPD:
https://sfist.com/2022/05/23/report-sfpd-refused-to-particip...
It's extremely easy for cops to do nothing and then blame the prosecutor when people complain, giving themselves significant leverage over the political process with the headache of electoral accountability. There are a lot of bent cops to go round.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/fbi-pittsburg-antioch-...
Recall that an executive administrator of the San Jose police union was arrested earlier this year for running a fentanyl dealing operation out of the police union HQ.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-jose-police-union-e...
This is not to give a pass to DAs, but to suggest that your characterization of the issue is overly simplistic.
The point being made is that the current structure gives people a free pass for this behavior, hence they engage in it.
Some of them are already in jail.
Use the sheriff's website. You'll find them there. It looks like all 3 have bonded out on 20,000$ bond.