Newsom deploys crime teams statewide as White House mocks 'copying Trump agenda'

The officers will partner with local law enforcement officers in major cities, including Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, Inland Empire, Central Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area, according to Newsom's office. 

Despite the copycat accusation, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson acknowledged that "the more Democrats follow the president's lead to crack down on crime, the better it is for the American people!"

"Stopping crime should not be a partisan exercise, but Democrats like Newscum have tried to make it one," she added. "President Trump's partnership with DC MPD has resulted in record drops in crime and countless dangerous criminals being removed from DC's streets."

Newsom also blasted the president for federalizing the National Guard in California without his request earlier this summer. Trump has since followed suit in Washington, D.C., and floated similar action in Baltimore and Chicago to fight crime. 

When Trump announced he was deploying the National Guard to the nation's capital earlier this month, he singled out Los Angeles and Oakland as "very bad" on crime and later said San Francisco had been "destroyed" by Democratic leadership. 

According to the governor's office, in Bakersfield, San Bernardino and Oakland, where crime-suppression teams have already been deployed, officials made over 9,000 arrests, recovered almost 5,800 stolen vehicles and confiscated more than 400 firearms last year. 

"By combining resources, intelligence and personnel, we can better disrupt criminal activity and strengthen the safety and security of communities across California," CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee said.