Walnut Creek council allots $2M to add police presence after Nordstrom attack

by Tony Hicks, Bay City News December 3, 2021December 3, 2021

The Nordstrom store in Broadway Plaza is pictured in a 2017 file image. The Walnut Creek City Council authorized up to $2 million in federal funds to provide additional police officers and equipment for security at the plaza, where an organized attack last month resulted in tens of thousands of dollars in damage and stolen merchandise. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Walnut Creek will beef up its police presence by spending $2 million over 18 months to add five officers to a new downtown beat, adding security cameras to the area, and flying a tether drone over Broadway Plaza.

At a special meeting Wednesday, the City Council unanimously voted to spend half of its remaining unallocated federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on measures to prevent a repeat of the coordinated ransacking of Nordstrom on Nov. 20. Council member Matt Francois was absent and unable to vote, but did speak via Zoom.

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