The Shreveport Police Department has been working hard on ridding neighborhoods of squatters throughout our city.
Since the new ordinance against squatting went in to effect in April of this year, Officers with SPD have been enforcing the law to keep neighborhoods safe, property-owners’ rights protected, and vacant structures from being damaged.
Earlier this week, SPD arrested James Amos, Tammy Murphy, and Bobby Franks for squatting in violation of the ordinance. Along with the squatting charge, Murphy also charged with some animal-related offences after SPD found conditions that they believed posed a danger to the animal’s welfare.
Over the weekend, SPD arrested Khalid Rollins for squatting in a vacant structure. Khalid was also charged on drug-related offences when drugs were found during the investigation.
The enforcement of the squatting ordinance has already started to discourage people from occupying vacant structures. Squatting is often closely connected to other crimes such as drug use, theft, and destruction of property…