Community Organization Food Not Bombs Is Raising Money to Replace Tents for Tulsa's Homeless

Oklahoma Highway Patrol updates on Operation SAFE in Tulsa

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported clearing 64 homeless camps in Tulsa as part of Operation SAFE, with no arrests made.

OHP says it’s clearing homeless encampments for pedestrian safety

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says it’s displacing long-standing homeless camps in Tulsa so that the people who live in them don’t get hit by cars.

Community organization Food Not Bombs is raising money to replace tents for Tulsa's homeless

Community organization Food Not Bombs is raising money to replace tents for Tulsa's homeless population following Oklahoma Highway Patrol's enforcement of Governor Stitt's Operation SAFE.

Oklahoma Voice: Push to shutter homeless camps ongoing, could spread to other parts of Oklahoma

Oklahoma troopers clear 64 homeless encampments; aim to finish by Tuesday

LOCAL Kimberly Marsh, The Oklahoma Eagle Oklahoma state troopers stand near a homeless encampment cleanup near North Peoria Avenue and Highway 75. Photo: Tim Landes/The Oklahoma Eagle. Amid controversy over Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Operation SAFE, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said its ongoing encampment sweeps on state property in Tulsa were never meant to solve the homeless problem.  “The intent of this operation was to move these folks away from the…

Bulldozers won’t solve homelessness (Commentary) - Oklahoma Policy Institute

Gov. Stitt wants Oklahomans to believe a police escort and a bulldozer can solve homelessness. Last week, he ordered the Oklahoma Highway Patrol to sweep homeless encampments from state land in Tulsa, offering people two options: a shelter bed or a jail cell. On paper, it might look like action. In reality, it’s governance by wrecking ball. The spectacle played well on social media, but ignored the human cost and the deeper failures driving Okla…