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Gov. Stitt Announces Operation SAFE in Oklahoma City
Operation SAFE has closed 25 encampments and helped 446 people transition into housing through partnerships with Key to Home and local agencies, officials said.
- On Monday, Governor Kevin Stitt announced Operation SAFE has begun in Oklahoma City, with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Oklahoma Department of Transportation starting cleanups of encampments on state property.
- Operation SAFE first started in Tulsa under OHP and ODOT guidance in September as a statewide effort, ending Sept. 17 after troopers removed people from 64 encampments on state-owned property.
- The Key to Home Partnership has helped 446 people transition into housing and closed 25 encampments, with a program goal to rehouse at least 500 people by the end of 2025.
- State troopers cleaned out at least three encampments on day one, focusing on bridges under Interstate 235 and Interstate 40, and the state said it will monitor cleared areas to prevent repopulation.
- The state is partnering with Key to Home, an Oklahoma City-based public/private partnership, to connect people removed from state property to services and housing, but homeless advocates said the operation often moved people without reducing homelessness and reported lost IDs and prescriptions during removals.
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Crews use a front loader to clean up a former homeless camp on state property in Tulsa. (Screenshot of Operation SAFE video footage)OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Kevin Stitt said he’s expanding an effort to remove homeless camps located on state property to Oklahoma City. “Leaving people on the streets isn’t compassion,” Stitt said on social media. “The state is doing its job by cleaning up state property and protecting families.” The action comes after …
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt authorizes Operation SAFE in Oklahoma City
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Governor Stitt announces OHP and ODOT have begun state property clean ups in OKC for Operation SAFE
Operation SAFE has made its way to Oklahoma City. Governor Kevin Stitt announced Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) have started cleaning up state property.
·Tulsa, United States
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