by Joe Burn, George Kelly :sfstandard – excerpt
San Francisco is set to open a new unified command center to combat open-air drug dealing in the Downtown area, city officials said Friday.
The new center to combat the drug crisis will be named the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center (DMACC), according to the Department of Emergency Management, which will work with San Francisco police and the Department of Public Health to operate the center.
An emergency management department spokesperson confirmed the center would open within the next two weeks at a location on Market Street near Civic Center. The exact location will not be disclosed due to security risks.
The emergency management department says the coordinated effort has been in place since April 17 but will move from a virtual to a physical in-person center, allowing the different agencies, including federal and state partners, to work more closely together to direct resources to disrupt open-air drug markets more effectively.
New data collection strategies will also be implemented to produce monthly reports on outputs and outcomes related to disrupting San Francisco drug markets…(more)
This sounds suspciouly like the request made by Supervisor Peskin. Hope it works regardless of who thought of it.