First Portland daytime camping ban arrest refused from jail

Kicking someone while they're down does not sound like good policing practice. City officials need a better way to deal with homelessness than adding "felon" to their list of woes.

I have been homeless for 3 years now, was on my 72nd birthday that i went on the street. I mostly stay in the woods where I will not be a problem and i do not have to be referred to as a bum. I have my SS and a small VA pension so am not destitute. People make it sound like we are just a drain on the economy. Most of us pay our own way.

I don't know what side I agree with but I do know that a sheriff does not get to decide what laws they are going to follow. The law is the law.

Selective Enforcement

Let me get this straight. They get free food, housing, and treatment, and the Sheriff doesn’t think that’s a humane way to get them off the street? After denying all of those other resources, jail was his last chance at having a sober moment in his life.

Dear America, If we can't read between these propagandized lines, understand the funding, backers and money flow, and recognize what these lies really are, we will fail. It will hurt.

Why did the PPD take him to the county sheriff? They have their own facilities.

If they arrested them all, there would be no room in the jails, and how are homless people going to pay fines? So when the jails fill up with homless people, are they just going to not jail others for more serious "crimes" ? This law won't help solve any problems.

Portland is a dump now downtown with all these bums

Outstanding this is the first time for me saying i agree with the cops

Let me get this straight, the guy who caused the problem in the first place, is angry because the Sheriff doesn’t want to help bail his butt out? Sounds about right 😂

Mandatory assessment, followed by appropriate treatment, training, and work. All of this should be done while in supervised housing. Notice the word mandatory. Perfection is not an option, in case anyone is confused on that point. This should be done to the best of our ability. Living on the street should be illegal.

I see new sheriffs.

It’s only going to get worse.

The jails are overflowing now

Imagine being rejected into county 😂

So glad they refused this. There is no such thing as unlawful camping when you are running a banking system of money laundering. Smart sheriff!

The only real grand plan to tackle homelessness would be to house everybody.

It's seems that cities are trying to solve the homelessness problem on the cheap by harassing and jailing their way out of the problem. These efforts are doomed to failure, and only serve to satisfy people's desire to be vindictive. Most homeless people don't want to be homeless. Many of those that do have mental health or substance abuse issues. There's no cheap way to solve any of this. It seems to me there are only two real solutions: learn to live with homeless people everywhere or spend the large amount of money it will take for affordable housing, job training, mental health treatment and substance abuse treatment. There's no reason any of this has to be optional, but you do have to approach them like human beings. For example, for the man who the jail refused, I didn't hear anything about why the man refused shelter option. What exactly was his objection to the tiny home for example? What was his objection to the other options?

Great job Sherrif!! Standing and being humane! Jails aren't the answer to affordable housing!