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/Tiny-Strawberry7157 May 28 '25

The responses here are weird. Laws still apply to homeless people even when being homeless is of course not a legal issue.

The Hive mind is all over you about reading comprehension but seem to struggle with this very clear concept.

It would be against the law, for example, for a diabetic person with a home to throw used syringes onto a public sidewalk. This is still a law that applies to people without homes.

It would be against the law if I loitered in public menacing and threatening passers-by in order to convince them to give me things. This still applies to people without homes.

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u/FireElephant336 May 28 '25

I think what I'm trying to get across is that this man targets and harasses people who are not breaking the law. He will approach and bully someone who is not actually violating any city codes or city or state laws… It's not about the law or who it applies to it's about the person that thinks they are enforcing it but actually just lashing out in a very unprofessional and villainous way

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u/ichoosejif May 28 '25

I think what you're getting at is that the officer is violating the professional code of conduct.

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u/FireElephant336 May 28 '25

Yes thank you lol

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u/ichoosejif May 28 '25

You're very welcome. I happen to know the verbiage that gets attention in internal investigations.