Description
There is a strip of parking along the side of CVS in the alley of Charles Court closest to the 3rd Street South side. The grassy area behind the parking is used by a handful of homeless folks for drinking, eating, urinating, sleeping, etc. The area is full of trash including broken glass, beer cans, food, cardboard, cigarettes, and personal belongings in plastic bags. At least one homeless guy sleeps there every single night and during the day a group of folks often use the area to drink and do drugs. We've reported the drug use before, but nothing has been done about it. The spots are used for guest parking for the Charles Court Townhouses, but the broken glass and trash is making that hard to do. We'd also like to be able to use the grass to walk our dogs, etc, but it's not an area anyone should walk through in its current condition.
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Acknowledged St. Pete PROD integration (Verified Official)
St. Pete PROD integration (Verified Official)
Update from the Codes Compliance Department: a case has been opened and is being investigated for this reported location. Any further updates or action will be handled by the Codes department. To track the status of this case, or to find contact information for the assigned investigator, click here:
https://actiononline.stpete.org/Click2GovCE/casesearch.html?caseYear=15&caseNumber=6441
or call 727-893-7373 and refer to case number 15-6441
Closed St. Pete PROD integration (Verified Official)
(posted on behalf of Assistant Chief Luke Williams, SPPD)
Thank you for the e-mail regarding homeless subjects discarding trash and loitering near 301 3rd Street South. The information was forwarded to Sgt. Michael Bush of the Downtown Deployment Team (DDT).
Sergeant Bush reported to the Patrol Office that DDT Officers Richard Kenyon and Robert Taylor became aware of the issue several months ago, when conducting a Park, Walk and Talk (PWT). They spoke with the manager of CVS, along with several employees who explained their concerns. At that time, CVS staff members were encouraged to contact the police when transients were seen on the property. The officers walked through the very small rectangular piece of property, and discovered beer cans and some trash, consistent with transient activity.
Officers Kenyon and Taylor added this property to their daily patrol plan and have not located any persons on the property. DDT Officer William Hubbard, who conducts the early morning checks of various locations in the downtown area, has added this address to his list as well. Furthermore, evening shift DDT officers were made aware of the recurring issues on the property.
Within the last month, the construction company building the high rise across the street has had a representative seated in front of the property to direct a multitude of trucks to the construction site. Officer Kenyon spoke with a construction company representative who advised that he has not observed any transients on the property upon his arrival on site at 0530 a.m. The subject was encouraged to contact the police if he sees anyone loitering there.
The property was checked twice on 04-14-2015, and no persons were found. The property has been cleaned and there are several trash bags full of refuse hanging from the branches of a tree in the lot. A referral was made to the City's N-Team to have the trash and refuse collected as soon as possible.
If you see any further activity occurring at the property, please call (727) 893-7780 so that an officer can be promptly dispatched. You may also contact Sergeant Bush at (727) 893-4036.
Sincerely,
Luke C. Williams
Assistant Chief of Police
Uniform Services Bureau