Interior Department adopts no-tolerance policy for homeless encampments in Washington, DC
The U S Department of the Interior revealed Saturday it was adopting a no-tolerance plan for homeless encampments in patronage of the Trump administration's beautification efforts in Washington D C The previous encampment approach suggested homelessness should be rare brief and non-recurring according to the District of Columbia website It noted the protocol for cleaning constituents spaces was only triggered when a site presented a safety strength or safety exposure or if it interfered with population use With this in mind we provide guidance to shelter pathways to housing and access to behavioral wellbeing services to individuals at these locations personnel wrote on the website TOP TRUMP OFFICIAL VOWS TO END 'CYCLE OF GOVERNING BODY DEPENDENCY' IN HOMELESS CRACKDOWNWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt commented Tuesday those living in homeless encampments will need to either accept restoration at a homeless shelter or go to jail if they refuse The U S Park Police have already removed homeless encampments in D C with only a insufficient remaining Leavitt stated The remaining two sites were expected to be cleared this week by multi-agency teams including the FBI Secret Amenity and D C police WATCH DC HOMELESS WEIGH IN ON TRUMP CLEANING UP CITY STREETSInterior Secretary Doug Burgum also communicated other interior initiative modifications for criminal activity Burgum noted that anyone who damages federal property will be prosecut ed to the fullest extent though it is unclear what the former agenda was HOMELESS PEOPLE IN DC HAVE CHOICES AS TRUMP ADMIN CRACKS DOWNHe added that U S Park Police inhabitants information officers PIO will be more hands-on with the ability to pursue fleeing criminals under specified circumstances Burgum did not specify what led to the PIO framework change The Department of the Interior did not at once respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital Fox News Digital's Anders Hagstrom contributed to this review
