359 People Arrested, More Than $100K Stolen Property Recovered in Multi-Agency Initiative 

ALBANY— Three-hundred and fifty-nine people have been arrested and $101,000 in stolen property recovered NYSP Superintendent Steven G. James announced last week. 

The State Police, working with the New York State Attorney General’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the New York City Police Department, formed partnerships with loss prevention and security teams from numerous large retailers in all regions of the state to share information and coordinate enforcement activities in a multi-agency retail theft crackdown announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul earlier this year.

Each State Police troop also contacted businesses in their area and identified retail locations most affected by theft. The initiative started with increased State Police patrols in the highest-impacted areas identified in each troop, and included intelligence gathering along with coordination with the loss prevention teams at targeted retail businesses. Additionally, State Police specialty units, including the NYS Intelligence Center, Violent Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Unit, Community Stabilization Unit, and the Special Investigations Unit were deployed throughout the state to support this initiative.

During the first 16 weeks of the multi-agency initiative, State Troopers investigated 412 retail larceny complaints, conducted 237 dedicated retail theft enforcement details, arrested 359 people on 571 separate charges, and recovered $101,000 of stolen property.