{"id":17554,"date":"2023-04-22T09:50:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T16:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=17554"},"modified":"2023-04-22T10:07:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:07:12","slug":"fentanyl-trafficking-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/fentanyl-trafficking-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Safety Partnership Announced to Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Governor Gavin Newsom<\/a> has directed the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the California National Guard (CalGuard) to identify personnel and resources to disrupt fentanyl trafficking in San Francisco, strengthening police presence and public safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this regard, CHP, CalGuard, and the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) will be working together to address this serious health problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement will lead to the formation of a new collaborative operation between the four agencies focused on dismantling fentanyl trafficking and disrupting the supply of the deadly drug in the city by holding operators of large-scale drug trafficking operations accountable, the state government said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwo truths can coexist at the same time: San Francisco\u2019s violent crime rate is below comparably sized cities like Jacksonville and Fort Worth, and we must also do more to address public safety concerns, especially the fentanyl crisis,\u201d said Governor Gavin Newsom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are taking action. Through this new collaborative partnership, we are providing more law enforcement resources and personnel to crack down on crime related to the fentanyl crisis, holding street vendors of poison accountable, and increasing police presence to improve public safety and public trust in San Francisco,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For her part, the mayor of San Francisco, London Breed<\/a>, said that although the Police Department and the District Attorney have partnered to address the problem and increase law enforcement, local agencies may need more support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of this agreement, the Governor has directed CHP to identify ways to assist SFPD, including by allocating CHP personnel and resources to assist local law enforcement in combating the fentanyl crisis through technical assistance, training, and drug trafficking enforcement in key areas of the city, including Solomillo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Newsom has directed CalGuard to identify specialized personnel and resources to support the analysis of drug trafficking operations, with a particular focus on disrupting and dismantling fentanyl trafficking networks. Following the identification of personnel and resources, a multi-agency operation will be initiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today's partnership will not seek to criminalize those struggling with substance abuse and will instead focus on holding drug suppliers and dealers accountable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco has seen an alarming rise in fentanyl-related deaths, with overdose deaths up more than 40 percent from January to March of this year alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fentanyl-related deaths have been largely concentrated in or near the city's Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a recent analysis of large U.S. cities and urban counties by the San Francisco Chronicle, of the places examined, San Francisco had the second-highest overdose rate in the country along with the second-highest fentanyl overdose death rate in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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El gobernador Gavin Newsom ha ordenado a la Patrulla de Carreteras de California \u2012CHP\u2012 y a la Guardia Nacional de California \u2012CalGuard\u2012que identifiquen personal y recursos para interrumpir tr\u00e1fico de fentanilo en San Francisco, fortaleciendo la presencia policial y la seguridad p\u00fablica. En ese sentido, estar\u00e1n trabajando en coadyuvancia CHP, CalGuard, el Departamento de Polic\u00eda […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover","9":"category-health"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17554"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17561,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17554\/revisions\/17561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}