Tents set up without permission near Central Library, Portland OR


People have set up tents and are placing belongings on sidewalks and property near Central Library without permission. Officers observed tents, vehicles, and individuals with items sprawling onto public sidewalks and property. Some tents are torn but still present, and activity is ongoing near Vivian. The presence is unauthorized and may involve loitering or trespassing.
Audio|Source: Portland State University Police and Portland Police Service Desk
02:17
Transcript:
00:00
Copy. Yeah, Mike Gil, and there's a new tent on the property.
00:05
The torn one is still on the property. I don't know if that was already cast on.
00:09
Yeah, probably will, but the torn one's still on the property and then there's a new set up right next.
00:16
Try to my contact, no response, and it's sealed.
00:23
Let's make Claire 119.
00:29
For the deal.
00:33
Yeah, I mean I've been sitting outside of it the tent with the light flashing inside of it for a couple minutes just talking and talking.
00:40
So they're pretty good at keeping quiet, I guess.
00:44
But anyways, I also noticed on the way here that there's a lot of activity in front of Vivian, but I think we were told we can't do anything about it. They're in the street.
00:59
There's sprawl with Ambien going out onto the sidewalk and onto our properties, and see.
01:09
I'm actually planning to drive down there right now afterwards.
01:13
I saw that there was the RV,
01:15
and there's now a van in front of it, and there was two guys regularly looking older men with a bunch of crap.
01:26
all outside of the van, so I didn't quite stop and talk to them, but I will go after this, but I'll complain that if it's on the property, like you with the grass, I can talk to them.
01:42
Yeah, I don't know if it's between the sidewalk and the street.
01:51
I can't remember if there's grass there.
01:55
I don't know if we can't have that,
02:00
but certainly if it's on the other side of the sidewalks, that's something we can advise them to clear off of our property.
02:12
Sounds good. I'm going to just finish walking around Gilbert and then I'll have it.
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