The Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered 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.
In this sense, the CHP, CalGuard, the San Francisco Police Department ?SFPD? to seek to address the serious health problem.
This agreement will lead to the formation of a new collaborative operation between the four agencies focused on dismantling the fentanyl trade and disrupting the city's supply of the deadly drug by holding operators of large-scale drug trafficking operations accountable, it said. the state government.
"Two truths can coexist at the same time: San Francisco's violent crime rate is below comparable-sized cities like Jacksonville and Fort Worth, and we must also do more to address public safety concerns, especially the fentanyl crisis." said Gov. Gavin Newsom.
"We are taking action. Through this new collaborative partnership, we are providing more police personnel and resources to crack down on crime related to the fentanyl crisis, hold poison street vendors accountable, and increase police presence to improve public safety and public trust. in San Francisco," he added.
For her part, the mayor of San Francisco, London BreedHe said that while the Police Department and the District Attorney have partnered to address the problem and increase law enforcement, local agencies may need more support.
As part of this agreement, the Governor has directed CHP to identify ways to assist the SFPD, including through the allocation of CHP personnel and resources to assist local law enforcement in combating the fentanyl crisis through technical assistance, training and control of drug trafficking in key areas of the city, including the Sirloin.
In addition, Newsom has directed CalGuard to identify specialized personnel and resources to support analysis of drug trafficking operations, with a particular focus on disrupting and taking down fentanyl trafficking networks. After identification of personnel and resources, a multi-agency operation will begin.
Today's partnership will not seek to criminalize those fighting substance use and will instead focus on holding drug dealers and suppliers accountable.
San Francisco has seen an alarming rise in fentanyl-related deaths, with overdose deaths rising more than 40 percent from January to March of this year alone.
Fentanyl-related deaths have been largely concentrated in or near the city's Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods.
According to a recent analysis of large urban US cities and counties by the San Francisco Chronicle, of the locations examined, San Francisco had the second highest overdose rate in the country along with the second highest death rate from fentanyl overdose in 2020.
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