Posted on 04/22/2023 7:55:41 PM PDT by bitt
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) directed the state National Guard and California Highway Patrol to help in the fight against fentanyl trafficking in San Francisco.
As part of a new partnership, the agencies are tasked with identifying personnel and resources to assist San Francisco following a 41% spike in fentanyl overdose deaths in the first few months of this year.
“We are providing more law enforcement resources and personnel to crack down on crime linked to the fentanyl crisis, holding the poison peddlers accountable, and increasing law enforcement presence to improve public safety and public confidence in San Francisco,” Newsom said in a statement on Friday.
Newsom’s office said the collaboration, which also includes the San Francisco Police Department and and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, will be focused on drug suppliers and traffickers rather than seeking to criminalize those struggling with substance abuse in a city that has recorded several hundred accidental overdose deaths annually in recent years.
The agreement will “lead to the formation of a new collaborative operation between all four agencies focused on dismantling fentanyl trafficking and disrupting the supply of the deadly drug in the city by holding the operators of large-scale drug trafficking operations accountable,” the governor’s office said.
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Are they taking over the DAs office?
Wonder what the rules of engagement will be for the National Guard...
why not the southern border? What a woke dumbazz
Window-dressing for Newsom’s presidential campaign.
Yes, he is merely burnishing his “commander-in-chief” creds.
So then what will they do when the supply dries up and these people start to go mad with withdrawal symptoms?
-PJ
They will probably be posted on the corners with Narcan to keep the idiots from killing themselves.
Defund the Governator.
Probably so...
Newsom should wear a helmet to lead the troops.
What happens if the subjects of the mission fight back? Hand to hand fights and then shots fired.
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Excellent question, especially for a total nerd like Newsom who has no leadership experience in any form including military service. Will he take responsibility for any injuries or deaths? Dealing with serious drug dealers who make thousands a day and carry those “weapons of war” type automatic weapons we’ve heard about.
He was two governors ago.
We call this current POS either gov Hairdo or grusome.
He needs to send another unit to Oakland to help the Athletics move to Vegas. LOL.
That is not the mission of The National Guard - the Guard is a military force Not DEA agents.
Except for logistics and surveillance, I don’t see what the National Guard could do, since Newsom obviously doesn’t want to control who or what crosses the border.
Newsom needs to climb into a tank like a previous great leader....
https://www.history.com/videos/tank-ride
Analyst said Dukakis looked like Rocky the Flying Squirrel in the helmet with strap or like Snoopy. Funny.
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