Description
Someone is chaining their belongings to the park benches on 2nd Ave NE on the south straub park side. The same luggage was chained to a different bench yesterday. Someone is moving it to keep resetting the code violation clock. This type of practice is more than a nuisance. It's easy to see how a bomb can be left in one of these and the city is going to sit by and watch. It's dangerous. Elevate this as a security issue please.
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Acknowledged St Pete Service Center 4 (Verified Official)
Thank you for reporting this issue to us via SeeClickFix St. Pete. This report has been forwarded to the Office of Veteran, Social & Homeless Services. While Homelessness is not illegal, the City addresses homelessness and related social issues City-wide by utilizing a two-tiered philosophy of service: Referral followed by enforcement.
Our Police Department has a Street Outreach Team (PATH) that actively canvasses areas where the activities of the homeless are noticed, and they will continue doing so to ensure the safety of all citizens. Police Assisting the Homeless (PATH) non-emergency Homeless Hotline voicemail can be reached at 727-551-3783.
Please immediately report any criminal activity or safety concerns to the SPPD directly by calling 727-893-7780 if not an emergency or 911 if an emergency. Thank you.
We work closely with various City departments and local social service providers to address issues faced by our homeless population, and we also work with neighborhood associations to address the concerns they have as well. Information may be found on this page of the StPete.org website:
https://www.stpete.org/residents/community/homelessness_social_services.php
Closed CNA Outreach (Verified Official)
Good Morning,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. On 03/21/24, our Police Assisting The Homeless (PATH) team went out to this area.
PATH spoke with the citizen who put the SeeClickFix in that morning, and a other PATH Officer responded to the location. He contacted codes, and set up for an investigator to respond to tag the items.Our Street Outreach and PATH officers are in this area daily and will continue to monitor and offer assistance to anyone they come into contact with as well as enforce local ordinances. Thank you again for reporting this to us.