PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Residents in the greater Portland area have been finding bottles full of urine in their yard and trash bins for months now, and local police aren’t sure where they are coming from.
According to Oregon Metro officials, these bottles have been reported on several private properties in more than one neighborhood since April.
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“We get reports like this regularly, so it’s not something that jumps out at us,” Metro RID Patrol manager Stephanie Rawson said. “With so many people surviving outside with limited or no access to bathrooms, jugs of urine and containers of human waste is common.”
A recent report came in from the Roseway neighborhood, and RID Patrol was able to remove the urine jugs because they had been dumped in a public space. Bottles left on private property, however, cannot be removed by Metro…