Dealing with Homeless People

Homelessness is an extremely complex social problem that impacts the quality of life in our community.  Very true. There are no easy solutions.  The easiest solution is to not force the homeless problem to occur to begin with. The SDPD and elected officials in the County and City recognize that there is a fine line between homelessness as a social issue and a criminal issue.  True, and the crime, committed by the City, is to tear down the only housing that many people could afford to live in.  Many homeless are on the street because of substance abuse, mental illness, or both.  True, but this is only about one-quarter at this time.  What about the other two-thirds that this does not apply to at all?  See bottom of page for how this happened. Often the disorder issues associated with homelessness are criminal in nature but difficult to enforce.  Once again true, but the solution is to not have these unenforceable police situations develop to begin with.  And, most homeless using drugs or who have become mentally ill did so as a result of becoming homeless, not same as a cause to their homelessness.  To assist the City and County provide better service to this “at risk” population (at risk of becoming dope addicts, alcoholics and/or mentally ill, we assume) the SDPD has created the despised Homeless Outreach Team (HOT).  The team consists of police officers who are out-of touch with reality, County Health and Human Services specialists who are even MORE out of touch, and psychiatric clinicians from the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT), a private non-profit organization that is really owned and operated by San Diego County Government.  Did you mention a FAKE nonprofit?  We warn about them on our Web Ratings Page, in the MegaSearch Engine of our website, NZ9F.com.  The HOT is available to "assist" (Harass) the community with homeless related issues.  Its phone number is (858) 490-3850. 

While being homeless is not a crime, (being homeless was the Crime of Illegal Lodging) many kinds of public conduct are illegal and should be reported to the SDPD.  These include being intoxicated, loitering, peacefully existing, failure to kiss the ass of schizophrenic security guards,  prowling, fighting, trespassing, aggressive panhandling, soliciting, urinating and defecating in this city with no toilets, consuming alcoholic beverages in certain public places, camping or sleeping in parks, littering, obstructing sidewalks, living in a vehicle parked on a public street, disturbing the peace by loud and unreasonable noises, using offensive words, behaving in a threatening manner, etc.

No problem.  Why did the City decide to create these problems by creating a Homeless Class of people?  Are we to blame for having the needs to urinate and defecate despite there being no toilets or insufficient toilets?  

Did any of you read the Grand Jury Report of 2010?  Did you read the Federal Court Findings and Determination?  Did you read the San Diego Homeless News for November 2010? 

Why do you cops persist at spouting all this bullshit?  Do you think everyone out there is stupid?

• Citizen's Arrest
• Avoiding Problems

Citizen’s Arrest

Because many of the crimes involving homeless people are misdemeanors, a police officer can only arrest a person if the offense is committed in his presence.  However, a person who witnesses the offense can make a citizen’s arrest by doing the following:

• Call the SDPD and provide details of the offense.  Call 911 if it is an emergency, i.e., if the crime is in progress or about to happen, and involves serious personal injury, property damage, or property loss.  Otherwise call (619) 531-2000 or (858) 484-3154, the SDPD non-emergency number.
• When an officer arrives to take physical custody of the suspect, sign the arrest form stating that the offense was committed in your presence and that the officer is lawfully making the arrest.  You must also be willing to appear and testify in court.  Please try to make sure you have the correct person, because the jails are overcrowded with people who only committed the crime of looking a lot like somebody else. 

Note that you do not have to physically take the suspect into custody.  For your safety, such action is discouraged by the SDPD.  Many homeless now carry loaded weapons to defend themselves against police brutality, which came about of necessity.  Please do not be a hero and attempt an arrest by yourself.  A funeral can result, YOURS.  Cops have resources, such as backup, numbers, and even SWAT.  You do not.  Leave this up to the police, please! 

The Federal Court System of the United States Government has determined San Diego to have caused its homeless problem, and to be 100% at fault for same.  This was after many years of research, fact-finding, and testimony in court.  The Court has ordered that San Diego Homeless have an absolute right to occupy the parks and sidewalks from 9 PM to 5:30 AM, 7 days a week. 

If you bother, molest, or interfere with us during those hours, including trying to make a Citizens Arrest, it is YOU that will be arrested, and you could do jail time for Contempt of Court.

Avoiding Problems

The following tips will help you avoid problems with homeless people.

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• Avoid confrontations and maintain a safe distance.  Use caution is (in) dealing with them. This is good advice, because being homeless eventually makes people mentally ill.
• Do not offer food or money.  It may encourage more panhandling.  If you are inclined to help the homeless, it is better to contribute to local charities, missions, food banks, or social service organizations that assist the needy. Good advice, because money can be used for dope, cigarettes, and alcohol.  We suggested a coupon good for food at local fast food restaurants.  Even better, a list of charities that are real and not one of the many FAKE Nonprofits can be had on the Homeless Website, NZ9F.com.  Click on Web Ratings.
• Do not permit anyone to camp or loiter on your property.  That might be a solution to the problem, if enough property owners allowed camping.  Most cities have designated areas for camping, but San Diego is still stuck in the year 1956.  The Hotel del Coronado was home to half a million homeless camped outside of it during the last Great Depression.
• Do not allow anyone to store shopping carts, bedding, or other personal belongings on your property.  Be as mean as possible?  Good Nazi advice for the goose-stepping Hitler Youth out there!
• Restrict access to sidewalk overhangs, alcoves, or other areas protected from inclement weather.  The Gestapo Hitler Youth warn that protecting people from rain and bad weather only helps them survive, and that is against Nazi principles.
• Lock or remove handles from water spigots.  This helps the homeless die of thirst, and stink really bad when on the bus and trolley. 
• Keep trash dumpsters locked when not being filled or emptied.  This prevents the homeless from surviving by getting together enough bottles and cans to buy a bus ticket so that they can go to a job interview.  Nobody wants to know about homeless looking for jobs, because that goes against the Nazi view that they are all lazy.
• Secure outside storage sheds or containers.
• Lock or turn off exterior power outlets.  Prevents charging cell phones, to make sure no potential employer can call and offer a job.  Good Gestapo thinking, Himmler.
• Lock gates after hours.
• .......vandalism, and clean up promptly after the officers have taken pictures, etc.    It is the street gangs from South America that sell dope and spray graffiti, not us homeless people!
• Design public amenities to discourage misuse, e.g., shape benches and other seating to be comfortable for sitting but not for sleeping.  Once again, I am certain that God will someday reward you for being as mean as possible, right? 
• Have plants at sidewalk level.  If raised planter boxes are used, the sides should be at least 4 feet high or their tops should uncomfortable for seating, e.g., by making them very narrow, allowing plants to grow over them, etc.
• Establish, post, and enforce rules of conduct for public use of private property.  ....... Specify on your sign that this is private property, not City property, and is therefore not a legal place to sleep.
• Install surveillance cameras to cover public areas.  Have security personnel monitor these cameras and ask persons engaged in prohibited conduct to leave the property.  Security personnel should also patrol the property at random times.  Sleeping under surveilance cameras is safer, and makes it unnecessary to have guns.  This is because any police brutality and terrorism are on tape.  This is the wave of the future.
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The homeless have called for the resignation of Police Chief Lansdowne as a result of this Nazi-like article above, (which is based upon past homelessness propaganda and not updated to current), plus past brutality against the homeless.  In the News 10 television article linked here, the woman was extremely eldery, and absolutely terrorized by police, who cut up her tent using sharp knives with her in it.  More here: ø

www.10news.com/news/25978758/detail.html

Continued on the pages of the San Diego Homeless News, www.NZ9F.com/SDHN

Why call for San Diego Police Chief Lansdowne to resign?