Kevin Canfield

Tulsa World Reporter

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has begun Operation SAFE in Tulsa, an effort to “restore order and safety to Tulsa by clearing homeless encampments, trash, and criminal activity from state-owned property inside the city,” the Governor’s Office announced.

“Tulsa is a beautiful city. I lived there for years. But today, everybody can see the disaster it’s turning into — homeless people on every corner, trash piling up, and Oklahoma families are being forced to live in fear,” Gov. Kevin Stitt said in a press release. “This is the city’s job, but Mayor (Monroe) Nichols and Tulsa leadership haven’t met the level of action needed to keep neighborhoods safe.

“Oklahoma is going to step in to do our part and clean it up. Once we’ve done so, it’ll be on the city to

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