The Jackson Police Department will enforce new state laws on encampments and solicitation but is “committed” to not violating homeless people’s rights in the process.
That is what Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade told some of the city’s homeless population inside Stewpot Community Services kitchen on Thursday, July 3.
Wade said he felt a “moral obligation” to educate and speak to those directly impacted by the new laws, adding it would be “inhumane” to “threaten” individuals facing personal struggles…