San Francisco Mayor London Breed has again pledged to crack down on open-air opioid drug sales and rampant public drug use. “There needs to be consequences, for the seniors, for the immigrants, for the kids who are trying to just live their lives.”
She has announced a new policy informing fentanyl sellers they could face murder charges if their goods are linked to an overdose death. She said that people who receive five citations by police for consuming drugs in public will be referred to an alternative community court for treatment.
“We are a city of compassion. But compassion is not leaving people to languish on the street, potentially to die of overdose. It’s using the tools that we have to propel people to change their lives,” Jenkins said. San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said officers began ramping up arrests for drug dealing in June, and since then have issued more than 350 citations to people using drugs in public. In the last three months, his office said, officers have made over 260 felony arrests for narcotics sales.
Dorsey, a police spokesperson who was appointed to the Board of Supervisors in May to replace a newly elected state legislator, said he would work with fellow supervisors to craft solutions. Dorsey represents much of the downtown area that suffers from illegal drug dealing.In December, Breed announced new initiatives aimed at curbing open drug dealing and other crimes, saying it was—- that has destroyed our city.
Despite her announcement, drug dealers and users continue to cluster in the city’s Tenderloin and downtown areas.
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