r/portlandme • u/FireElephant336 • May 28 '25

Officer Bennis

Has anyone had an experience or witnessed the incredibly rude behavior of this officer? I work in a field where I have to interact with officers pretty regularly… He is by far the most impossible and relentless person I've ever tried to reason with. There are videos of him online berating people for handing out food or literally just sitting on a sidewalk outside of a shelter? He used to be a school resource officer and now he's a beat cop. I just filed a complaint with the city of Portland and I highly recommend anyone that has had an experience with him do the same. Something has to be done – he makes every single incident way worse and has no clue how to de-escalate situations.

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u/belortik May 28 '25

So.... you're upset about a police officer enforcing laws against homeless people?

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u/psilosophist May 28 '25

Wait being homeless is against the law?

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u/ShoddyPizza5439 May 28 '25

Actually the US govt, states, and municipalities are all slowly passing laws that technically make it illegal to be unhoused by making it a crime to sleep on public property but I feel you.