62 Arrested in SF Fugitive Sweep

San Francisco police and sheriff’s deputies arrested 62 people during a one-day enforcement operation on May 13 that targeted fugitives and narcotics activity in the Tenderloin, Mission and Southern districts, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Officers seized 338.5 grams of narcotics, or about 0.74 pounds, during the operation, police said. (sanfranciscopolice.org) The arrests were part of a Drug Market Agency Coordination Center, or DMACC, joint operation, the department said. Of the 62 people arrested, 52 had outstanding arrest warrants, according to the police statement. (sanfranciscopolice.org) ### Where did the arrests happen? The Tenderloin, Mission and Southern districts were the focus of the May 13 operation, the San Francisco Police Department said. (sanfranciscopolice.org) Police described it as a city operation tied to DMACC efforts to disrupt narcotics sales and drug markets. Bay City News, citing the same police announcement, reported the operation was carried out by the San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office in those three districts. The report described the action as a one-day crackdown on fugitives and narcotics activity. (sanfranciscopolice.org) ### How many of those arrested were wanted on warrants? Fifty-two of the 62 people arrested had outstanding arrest warrants, according to SFPD release No. 26-055. Police said the operation focused on fugitives with active warrants. (sanfranciscopolice.org) Nine of those warrant arrests were made by the SFPD Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Team, the department said. SFPD did not identify the arrestees in the public release. ### How much narcotics did officers seize? Police said officers seized 338.5 grams of narcotics during the operation. SFPD converted that total to 0.74 pounds in its public statement. (eastbaytimes.com) MSN, summarizing the police release, reported the amount as about 0.74 pounds. The public statement reviewed in the department’s news archive did not, in the material available online, specify a breakdown by drug type. (sanfranciscopolice.org) ### Who took part in the operation? The San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office conducted the arrests together, according to the SFPD statement. (sanfranciscopolice.org) Police said the action was a DMACC joint operation. The Drug Market Agency Coordination Center has been used by San Francisco authorities for multi-agency enforcement aimed at open-air drug markets. (sanfranciscopolice.org) In this case, the police release said the May 13 action was part of DMACC’s ongoing effort to disrupt narcotics sales in the city. ### Was this a single-day sweep or part of a broader push? (msn.com) May 13 was described by police as a one-day operation. KRON and Bay City News both reported that the arrests were made during a 24-hour or one-day enforcement action. A San Francisco police news archive shows the department published the results on May 15 under release No. 26-055. (sanfranciscopolice.org) The statement did not announce charges, court dates or additional named suspects in the material available online. ### What comes next from police? May 15 is the date on the police release that publicly documented the operation’s results. (sanfranciscopolice.org) Anyone looking for further official detail would need to watch subsequent updates from SFPD or San Francisco court filings involving the people arrested. That next step is not laid out in the release itself. (sanfranciscopolice.org) (msn.com)