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These catalytic converter thefts are being taken to a whole new level! The Mission Local is reporting San Francisco Police Department has confirmed multiple police vehicles were robbed for their catalytic converters. Four marked SFPD vehicles had their catalytic converters cut out while parked in the area of 16th st and De Haro in San Francisco.
“On September 12, 2022 at approximately 1 p.m., a San Francisco Police Officer discovered a marked police truck parked in the area of 16th Street and De Haro Street had its catalytic converter stolen,” confirmed the SFPD media relations department. “The officer inspected other police vehicles, and discovered that another marked police truck and two marked police vans also had their catalytic converters stolen.”
The theft was especially brazen because it took place just outside the Special Operations Bureau building at 17th and DeHaro, which houses the SWAT Team and Bomb Squad. And while there is no sign proclaiming this a police structure, it is, unsubtly, surrounded by many police vehicles. Along DeHaro and at a parking lot entrance on nearby Carolina Street, signs note “police vehicles only.”
Because it occurred right outside the Special Operations Bureau building at 17th and DeHaro, which houses the SWAT Team and Bomb Squad, the theft was exceptionally egregious. And although though there is no sign indicating that this is a police building, it is surrounded by numerous police cars. "Police vehicles only" signs are posted along DeHaro and at a parking lot entry on nearby Carolina Street.