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SACRAMENTO’S POLICE CHIEF ABOUT WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS CRACKDOWN NOW. MARLEI: LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN SACRAMENTO WILL NOW IN SACRAMENTO WILL NOW ENFORCE THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER. SEEMS LIKE THIS ARE SPARKING ACTION. SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASED THIS BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE, SHOWING A BURNING BMW. AS AN OFFICER RESPONDS TO A SIDESHOW THIS PAST WEEKEND. ONE OF AT LEAST FIVE SIDESHOWS AND 48 HOURS, INVOLVING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AROUND SACRAMENTO ACCORDING TO THE CHP AND POLICE. THEY ARE DANGEROUS BY THEMSELVES. BUT YOU SEE THE VIDEO OF THESE PEOPLE SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT NOW THEY CAN TAKE IT HOME TO THEIR FAMILY AND SHARE IT AMONGST THEMSELVES. THAT MEANS PEOPLE WILL GET SICK AND COULD POTENTIALLY DIE. MARLEI: THIS IS A UNITED EFFORT. LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCY STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT IN THESE AREAS. THE SACRAMENTO POLICE CHIEF SAYS OFFICERS WILL CRACK DOWN ON SIDESHOWS AND OTHER GATHERINGS. >> SOMETIMES WE HAVE LARGE BLOCK PARTIES OR HOUSE PARTIES WHERE TONS OF PEOPLE ARE REFUSING TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER. MARLEI: WHAT IS ENFORCEMENT MEAN? CARS BEING TOWED, ARRESTS AND FINES. THAT ENFORCEMENT WILL CONTINUE. BUT NOW, FOLKS IN GAUGED IN THOSE ACTIVITIES CAN GET A CITATION FROM AN OFFICER FOR VIOLATING THE HEALTH OFFICERS ORDERED. -- ORDER. THAT CAN COME WITH UP TO $1000 FINE OR 60 DAYS IN JAIL. MARLEI: THE CHIEFS MESSAGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE EDUCATIONAL. >> THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY IS COMPLYING WITH ORDERS. >> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE DEPUTIES HAVE A NEW AGENDA WHERE THEY WILL BE OUT CONTACTING PEOPLE, ASKING THEM WHY THEY ARE OUT AND WHAT THEIR ESSENTIAL BUSINESS IS. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. SEEING THAT OUR ALLIED AGENCIES THAT WE BORDER, ARE HAVING MORE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAN WE ARE. WE ARE HERE AS A RESOURCE FOR THEM, TO BACK THEM UP ON THEI