Homeless encampment leaves debris on Superior Avenue, Cleveland OH


Police responded to Superior Avenue near 17th Street in Cleveland, where a homeless encampment had recently cleared out. The area was left with a significant amount of debris including clothes, old shoes, blankets, an empty suitcase, a bicycle rim, and other items scattered along the sidewalk. City maintenance crews were contacted to clean up the leftover garbage and debris.
Audio|Source: Cleveland Police and Metro Housing Authority
02:34
Transcript:
00:00
Can you call it Downtown Cleveland Alliance or whatever they're called, Downtown Cleveland Incorporated?
00:06
Can you see if they can meet us at 17th and superior,
00:11
or 27th to 18th in Superior? The homeless had a bunch of tents and stuff, and they all moved out, and they left their garbage all over the place, sidewalk and not tree long.
00:21
Times 618, you'll put me out here with them as well.
00:23
I'll probably get a better response, calling streets.
00:28
Yeah, if you can have Osborne call 50100 when able to connect you with an MVA from earlier today?
00:34
Is anything major big?
00:38
Copy.
00:40
5560.com.
00:46
Pretty sure they have like a pickup truck they send over here with a small crew to clean up, but either one.
00:53
Barney 14 in the area.
00:55
I don't know they did anything but call us.
00:57
Yeah, I can give them a call.
00:58
Give me a minute.
00:59
Go ahead.
01:01
Hey, you said, are they need you at 17th and superior or 18th as superior?
01:05
14th we're arriving.
01:08
It's between 17th and 18th.
01:10
They took over the whole little section.
01:16
13, the pushback in service.
01:19
1412. Nick 11, did you need something?
01:21
No, base was just calling for us.
01:26
1.02020.
01:29
1412.
01:31
Radio to 28.
01:34
Go ahead.
01:37
Just to confirm you're on scene right now.
01:41
Yes.
01:43
And you see the trash that's there, the debris.
01:51
Adam 17 Radio, what's the court date?
01:56
Yeah, it's mostly clothes, old shoes,
02:00
old bicycle, a rim,
02:03
an empty suitcase,
02:05
blankets. Just misplaining a chunk.
02:08
1022.
02:10
Nah, next car that frees up might have a mail shot here on Hillgert.
02:15
Okay, thank you.
02:17
Okay, I was asking because I got the phone with DCA.
02:21
They are going to send someone out.
02:22
She said that they had guys out there earlier, so she didn't know why we were responding back out.
02:26
And I told them that you guys are on scene currently right now, and there is a lot of property that needs to be picked up.
02:31
So she said she's going to send them back out.
02:34
All right, perfect.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
E 18th St, Cleveland, OH
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect