Randy Krehbiel

Tulsa World Reporter

Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers and Oklahoma Department of Transportation personnel and equipment used to clear out more than 60 Tulsa homeless encampments have been withdrawn, Gov. Kevin Stitt said Wednesday afternoon.

"OHP completed its work in Tulsa under Operation SAFE. They completed this work with the most courtesy and professionalism," Stitt said in a press release. "In 14 days, OHP cleared 64 sites and disposed of 1.97 million pounds of debris."

The operation's effectiveness as a long- or even short-term solution to the city's homelessness problem is a matter of dispute. Some who work with homeless people say the disruption could delay settling them in fixed housing.

The OHP says it offered transportation to the Tulsa Day Center, a shelter

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