BOSTON — Once again, it wasn’t Beacon Hill, it wasn’t the Attorney General’s office, and it sure wasn’t Governor Maura Healey who brought justice crashing down on Massachusetts’ most dangerous fugitives. It was the U.S. Marshals.

In a sweeping operation dubbed No Safe Harbor, federal agents and their state and local allies ripped 60 predators, killers, rapists, and drug lords off the streets. The arrests included a toddler’s killer, a rapist who strangled his victim, a Fitchburg stabbing suspect, and a van-dwelling kidnapper caught with a missing 15-year-old.

Meanwhile, Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell have been busy with their favorite pastimes — filing politically convenient lawsuits and jetting to pricey retreats — leaving violent offenders free to prowl Bay State neighborhoods until the feds stormed in.

“Make no mistake — these are the worst of the worst,” Acting U.S. Marshal Kevin Neal said. “Murderers, rapists, child molesters. Communities across Massachusetts are safer because we hunted them down.”

The contrast could not be starker: while Massachusetts leaders posture and litigate, Washington’s lawmen are left to clean up the blood and terror on the ground.

For Boston, Springfield, Lynn, Brockton, and beyond, the message was unmistakable: it takes the feds to do the job Beacon Hill won’t.