PHOENIX — A proposed policy dictating how Phoenix police officers should interact with individuals experiencing homelessness would specifically restrict an officer from discarding a person’s personal property.
Last summer, the U.S. Department of Justice released a scathing report criticizing the police department’s interactions with Phoenix’s homeless population. The findings of that DOJ report were later retracted by the agency under the Trump administration.
The DOJ report included statements from individuals experiencing homelessness who reported feeling like they had been harassed by police officers…