Cities Say They Store Property Taken From Homeless Encampments
— People Rarely Get Their Things Back
In June, the Department of Justice issued a report following a nearly three-year investigation, finding that the city and its police department destroyed belongings without providing adequate notice or an opportunity to collect them. Before property is destroyed, the city must provide notice, catalog the property and store it so people can retrieve their belongings, federal investigators wrote.
“It’s just giving this appearance that they’re doing something when they’re not doing anything.”
Benjamin RundallPartner at Zwillinger Wulkan
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