Bike thefts are increasing

It’s an interesting article, but in this an election year, that all sounds a bit like fake news, like something someone who was trying to discredit Kim Foxx or the Defund the Police Movement or something would say.  Isn’t it the case that going after criminals for committing low level crimes like shoplifting or bike theft or auto tail light-type infractions merely increases encounters with police, which leads to unnecessary violence, and increases mass incarceration down the road?