Federal prosecutors are planning to take a more aggressive approach to charging suspected drug dealers in San Francisco as the city grapples with record-high overdoses, according to sources familiar with the new plan.
Exact details are being held close to the vest, but officials for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, the Office of Mayor London Breed and the San Francisco Police Department have been meeting for weeks in preparation of an official rollout that is expected to be formally announced in the next month.
Abraham Simmons, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, told The Standard that the plan is to prosecute more drug-dealing cases in federal court, describing it as the result of intense coordination between local and federal officials.
“It’s all hands on deck,” Simmons said.
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