For too long, officials say drug traffickers in the Tenderloin have been through a revolving door in local courts after being busted by the SFPD. Now, more and more dealers have been charged in federal court with selling fentanyl, cocaine, meth and heroin.
and city leaders Thursday in sending the message to fentanyl dealers in the fentanyl: it's a federal crime that will lead to federal time."This is something new. This is something different and this is something that is being built to last," said San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott.
U.S. Attorney Ismail Ramsey, flanked by a host of local and federal officials, said the new initiative is dubbed, "All Hands on Deck." "This program will target and remove individuals who peddle fentanyl in our neighborhoods," Ramsey said. "We are putting these cases on a fast track. Rather than taking months or years to resolve these cases, the average time from federal arrest to sentence on these felony fast track cases is less than a month."For too long, officials say drug traffickers in the Tenderloin have been through a revolving door in local courts after being busted by San Francisco police.
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