- The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police is concerned about police station lobbies becoming homeless shelters in bad weather.
As WBBM Newsradio[...] reports, a Police Department directive read at roll calls reminded officers that the homeless can use police station lobbies for shelter.
Officers are not too pleased about the arrangement.
They have complained they are first responders, and with the homeless camping out in their places of work, they and others who come to the police stations could be exposed to disease and what one calls “ride-along critters” such as lice and bedbugs.
Also, says Chicago FOP spokesman Pat Camden, the homeless people who come to the police stations could be violent.
Could be? How about "have been." RIP Rick Francis.
As Pat so aptly states, these are government buildings and places of business. Just because we are open 24/7 doesn't mean we're a dumping ground for the unwashed, un-medicated and infested.
As Pat so aptly states, these are government buildings and places of business. Just because we are open 24/7 doesn't mean we're a dumping ground for the unwashed, un-medicated and infested.