SFPD Arrests 62 in One-Day Fugitive Sweep

San Francisco police arrested 62 people on May 13 during a one-day fugitive and narcotics operation that stretched across the Tenderloin, Mission and Southern districts, the department said. The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office joined the operation, which was run through the city’s Drug Market Agency Coordination Center, or DMACC. (sanfranciscopolice.org) Police said 52 of those arrested had outstanding warrants, including nine arrests made by the SFPD’s Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team. Officers also seized 338.5 grams of narcotics, or about 0.74 pounds, according to the department. The May 15 department statement described the action as part of an ongoing campaign to disrupt drug sales and open-air drug markets in San Francisco. (sanfranciscopolice.org) The operation did not appear to be limited to one neighborhood, though police said it centered on the Tenderloin, Mission and Southern districts. SFPD said the cases remain open and active. ### Where did the arrests happen, and who took part? The Tenderloin, Mission and Southern districts were the focus of the May 13 operation, according to SFPD. The department said officers from the Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team, the DMACC Enforcement Team, the Narcotics Unit, the Narcotics Drug Recognition Expert Team, Tenderloin Patrol, the Tenderloin Violence Reduction Team, the Tenderloin Plainclothes Team, Southern Station Patrol, the Mission Plainclothes Team, Mission Station Patrol, the Community Violence Reduction Team, the Healthy Streets Operation Center and Traffic Company took part alongside the Sheriff’s Office. (sanfranciscopolice.org) DMACC is a multi-agency task force that the police department says combines law enforcement agencies and city departments to address street conditions and crime tied to drug dealing and drug use in the Tenderloin and South of Market. (sanfranciscopolice.org) A city news release said the program was launched in May 2023 and is led by SFPD. ### How many of the people arrested were actually fugitives? Fifty-two of the 62 people arrested had outstanding arrest warrants, SFPD said. The department said nine of those warrant arrests were made by its Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team, indicating the rest were made by other participating units during the same operation. (sanfranciscopolice.org) The remaining arrests were not broken out in the department’s statement by charge or booking offense. Police also did not identify the people arrested or say how many cases involved alleged drug sales, possession, probation violations or other offenses beyond the warrants. (sanfranciscopolice.org) ### How much drug evidence did officers seize? Police said officers seized 338.5 grams of narcotics, which the department converted to 0.74 pounds. The statement did not specify which drugs were recovered in this operation. A February 4 SFPD update on earlier 2026 enforcement said officers had seized more than 4,800 grams of narcotics in January and made 106 arrests during several buy-bust operations and a separate fugitive recovery operation. (sanfranciscopolice.org) That same update said officers made 53 arrests during a one-day Jan. 28 fugitive operation and seized 218 grams of narcotics and one firearm. ### How does this fit into San Francisco’s broader enforcement push? A February 2026 police release said SFPD had seized 342 pounds of drugs and made 6,722 arrests in 2025, including 736 narcotics-dealer arrests. The department also said that since DMACC launched in May 2023, officers had seized more than 1,025 pounds of narcotics, including 351 pounds of fentanyl, and made more than 12,826 arrests, including 2,399 arrests of drug dealers. (sanfranciscopolice.org) Those figures come from the police department and were cited by SFPD as evidence that DMACC remains central to the city’s drug-market enforcement strategy. A May 2024 city release similarly said the program had been set up as a multi-agency effort targeting open-air drug markets. (sanfranciscopolice.org) ### What happens next in this case? SFPD said the investigations tied to the May 13 operation remain open and active. The department asked anyone with information to call 415-575-4444 or send an anonymous message to TIP411 starting with “SFPD.” (sanfranciscopolice.org) (sanfranciscopolice.org)