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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #180823

Parks & Playgrounds:

Other: Homeless people are again living in People’s Park. They’re using drugs, fighting, leaving trash everywhere, screaming and yelling, urinating and defecating and have taken over most of the benches and tables. It also appears that they are sleeping there overnight. We bought ice cream across the street and expected to have a nice Sunday afternoon in the park for thirty minutes or so… we tried sitting on the steps of a business on the opposite side of Dunn Street but the shrubbery nearby was probably soaked in urine based on the stench. We simply left at that point….. No other Indiana city of the same size and population has a homeless population of 1 % of that of Bloomington and that is directly attributable to the fact that Bloomington attracts these people by virtue of feeding them and enabling them unlike anywhere else in Indiana. I’ve lived in and near Bloomington since 1974 and this has simply gotten totally out of hand.

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8/2/2022 20:29:22 Closed by Tim Street

Thanks for the report and sorry to hear about your negative experience. We are working with our security staff, the City's night ambassador, and other agencies to monitor and enforce park hours (5am-11pm) and appropriate behavior at People's Park. If you ever have an immediate concern, please feel free to call the Parks office (during business hours) or BPD if it is a safety concern.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=180823 Closed by Tim Street Thanks for the report and sorry to hear about your negative experience. We are working with our security staff, the City's night ambassador, and other agencies to monitor and enforce park hours (5am-11pm) and appropriate behavior at People's Park. If you ever have an immediate concern, please feel free to call the Parks office (during business hours) or BPD if it is a safety concern.

7/31/2022 22:40:15 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=180823 Anonymous assigned this case to Paula McDevitt You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/31/2022 22:40:15 Opened by Anonymous