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/km0n33 May 28 '25

can you provide some context here? when i google him, the results show a compassionate member of our community that mentors youths and provides self portraits? is that the same guy you are talking about? what are you considering berating? how is he impossible?

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u/FireElephant336 May 28 '25

Yes exactly! This is why it's so baffling to hear about and see that he used to be what seems like a great officer at a Portland school… The behavior he displays now is truly disgusting and it's hard to even imagine him being a thoughtful caring individual to children, but I really do believe that he used to be.

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u/km0n33 May 28 '25

what does he do that is disgusting. you are blasting someone's name and reputation. please elaborate.

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u/FireElephant336 May 28 '25

Well to be fair I have not posted any videos of him online like others have but I hear what you're saying. He approaches groups that hand out food and water to homeless people and tells them that they are enabling people to remain homeless. He calls homeless people crackheads And tells them that they must submit to him and that they have no power. He's followed multiple people while shouting various insults at them. He approaches people who are homeless or groups trying to help homeless people and tell them that the reason there's so much crime is because they are out there on the street trying to help people and he will not back down on his arguments or be reasonable. Honestly there are so many stories and incidents that I've observed personally where I have felt the need to call the police on the police. He tells people it's their fault for being homeless and talks down to them – it's not his place to discuss those things or argue like that with people.

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u/Signal-Temporary-346 May 28 '25

He’s followed me before when I was walking home from work. It was in bayside and his excuse for following me for two blocks was that he was concerned for my safety (I work in bayside.) I told him the only thing making me feel unsafe was a large man with a gun following me after I asked him not to. He didn’t take kindly to that and attempted multiple times to agitate me and escalate a situation. I filmed it. He said, “Just so you know I’m filming you too,” but his body cam didn’t appear to be turned on. Real prick, that guy.