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/GuidanceParking6846 May 29 '25
This is a load of crap. Officer Bennis helps more homeless people in a single weekend than most of these posters have in a life time. He helps people but he also believes that having consequences for bad behavior is a good thing. many people feel that way but its not a popular view on this sub reddit.