As San Jose fights to crack down on drug dealers and prevent an open-air drug market in its city, police say a significant amount of dangerous drugs are off the streets.
This is just one example of a bigger effort to crack down on drugs -- an effort Mayor Matt Mahan says he’s hoping to intensify by staffing up the PD with the city’s newest budget.
“We need the staffing levels to do more community policing, more investigations that can lead to these kinds of busts, more follow up investigations,” said Mahan.In May, Santa Clara County reported a spike in fentanyl deaths. The number more than doubled at the end of May with 41 deaths, compared to 17 recorded deaths at the end of April.
“We need the rest of the system to work hand and glove with our department to provide a holistic solution. We have far too many people in our community who are buying and using those drugs and we have to get in that underlying issue,” said Mahan. “For some voluntary outpatient treatment is sufficient for others it isn't,” said Mahan.
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