POLICE TO REMOVE LATEST HOMELESS CAMP
Dec 8, 2008
A HOMELESS ACTIVIST WHO'S BEEN CAMPED OUT IN CENTENNIAL SQUARE SINCE THE WEEKEND WILL BE MOVED OUT BY POLICE MONDAY.
SPOKESPERSON SERGEANT GRANT HAMILTON SAYS KRISTEN WOODRUFF HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED TICKETS AND WILL BE ARRESTED FOR THE CONTINUED VIOLATION OF CITY POLICIES.
THE CITY HAS LIMITED THE TIME SHELTER CAN BE SET UP IN PARKS TO OVERNIGHT -- 7PM TO 7AM.
THAT POLICY WAS BROUGHT IN TO REGULATE CAMPING AFTER AN OCTOBER COURT RULING SAID THE CITY COULDN'T STOP IT OUTRIGHT, BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE IN SHELTER BEDS.
"THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER THERE HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 60 SHELTER BEDS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE OVERSHADOWING THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY PROVIDERS,” SAYS SERGEANT HAMILTON. “I BELIEVE THE TRULY HOMELESS APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT."
"THESE ARE PROTESTORS TRYING TO MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT."
THE PROTESTORS MAINTAIN THE CITY’S POLICY IS NOT VALID IN THE FACE OF THE COURT RULING.
- RYAN PRICE
