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Committee discusses downtown panhandling, open containers and mental-health outreach
Summary
Public comments and committee discussion focused on aggressive panhandling, open containers and homelessness in downtown Shreveport; police described outreach work by a mental-health unit and said enforcement is at officers' discretion.
Multiple public commenters and council members raised aggressive panhandling, open containers and loitering in downtown Shreveport during the July 22 Public Safety Committee meeting.
In public comment, a resident asked for railroad crossing gates on Meriwether Road for safety (see separate report). Business owner Tim Hutt said downtown panhandling had shifted to overnight hours and described several aggressive solicitations near Spring, Travis and Commerce streets, and urged more enforcement at late hours. Hutt said the…
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