A television news crew in Oakland, California, was held up by armed robbers while interviewing the city’s director of violence prevention on steps of the City Hall, just hours after the police chief warned of a surge in crime amid law enforcement budget cuts. The incident took place on Monday afternoon, when two suspects approached an NBC Bay Area news crew in an attempt to snatch the camera of the cameraperson filming the interview, the Oakland Police Department said in a statement to East bay Times. After a scuffle, an “armed security officer pulled his firearm out, and directed the suspects to leave,” according to the police. The suspects then “immediately left the area without the camera” and were still at large. No injuries were reported. The police also confirmed that Guillermo Cespedes, head of the city’s Department of Violence Prevention, was the person being interviewed by the newscasters, although …