The California Highway Patrol has dispatched officers to increase “visibility and presence” at Mission District BART plazas during Dreamforce, Salesforce’s three-day long annual tech conference.
Mission Station Captain Sean Perdomo requested the officers help the San Francisco Police Department address street conditions in the Mission during the conference, he said, which draws tens of thousands of tech workers and others to San Francisco.
“We want to keep the area safe, particularly in the night time hours because there’s been community concerns,” he said.
Sergeant Andrew Barclay, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol’s Golden Gate Division, said officers were stationed at the plazas on Tuesday and Wednesday and would be there again Thursday. He did not say how many officers were assigned to the task, but did say the number changes throughout the day.
They will be there all day, Barclay said, and can make arrests.
On Wednesday morning, Mission Local saw five California Highway Patrol officers at 24th and Mission streets — two at the southwestern BART plaza and three outside the McDonald’s at the southeastern corner.
“What’s good around here?” one officer asked this reporter. “I’m thinking for lunch.”
Police communications director Evan Sernoffsky confirmed that “CHP has been assisting with increased presence for drug enforcement and high visibility patrol.”
This year, Dreamforce took place on the heels of comments from CEO Marc Benioff last week saying he would support President Donald Trump sending the National Guard to San Francisco. Trump on Wednesday said he would “recommend” San Francisco be included in a future deployment.
In addition to CHP’s presence in the Mission District, California Highway Patrol officers accompanied agents with the FBI and Drug Enforcement Agency at Franklin and McAllister streets early on Wednesday morning, just past midnight.
FBI and DEA officers at a law enforcement operation at Franklin and McAllister on Wednesday October. 15, 2025. Photo by Oscar Palma.
Perdomo said he had no knowledge of that operation and that it was not related to the request he made for the BART plazas.
FBI officers at a law enforcement operation at Franklin and McAllister on Wednesday October. 15, 2025. Photo by Oscar Palma.
Officer Mark Andrews, from the San Francisco Highway Patrol office, said he could not find any incidents, or calls in the timeframe at Franklin and McAllister streets, though video footage shows a CHP vehicle at the site.
A DEA officer at a law enforcement operation at Franklin and McAllister on Wednesday October. 15, 2025. Photo by Oscar Palma.
In an email, the San Francisco Division of the Drugs Enforcement Agency said they could not comment until the government shutdown comes to an end. The FBI did not reply to a request for comment.
A law enforcement operation at Franklin and McAllister on Wednesday October. 15, 2025. Video by Oscar Palma