EL CAJON, Calif. (FOX5/KUSI)— The El Cajon Police Department (ECPD) is enforcing Proposition 36, passed in December 2024, which provides stricter consequences for repeat theft offenders, including those who have committed smash-and-grab retail crimes.

According to a report from the ECPD, officers responded to a call involving two separate theft incidents on Tuesday from the El Cajon Target located at 250 Broadway, near Graves Ave.

When officers arrived at the Target, they reportedly made a citizen's arrest for theft, and a records check showed that one of the suspects, a 45-year-old man, had two prior convictions for theft.

Rather than issuing the man a citation, officers booked him into San Diego County Jail under Proposition 36, which allows for the jailing of repeat offenders of thef

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