San Francisco and California officials spoke of their plans to fight the deadly fentanyl scourge in the city during a press conference at City Hall Friday.
Mayor London Breed, Police Chief Bill Scott and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins were joined by officials from the California Highway Patrol and California National Guard to provide details on thetargeting fentanyl trafficking operations and drug rings in the city.
The Highway Patrol and National Guard will join the San Francisco police department and the district attorney's office to focus on dismantling fentanyl trafficking and disrupting the supply of the drug by targeting operators of large-scale drug trafficking operations. Duryee added that the officers assigned from his department all have a particular interest in helping the city fight the fentanyl crisis.
"it's time for us to write our own narrative about what San Francisco is because we live it and breathe it every single day," said Breed Friday."There will and there must be accountability." Similar California National Guard operations in the San Diego area has led to the seizure of $50 million in drugs in just the last month.
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