PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — An Eastern Oregon town’s homeless population is wary of a new warming center because they fear police will conduct checks for outstanding warrants and arrest them.
Pendleton police told the East Oregonian (http://bit.ly/sIuJvT ) that the homeless should have no such concerns.
Some people also voiced concerns that the warming center, which operates from a Pendleton home, asks people who stay overnight to leave at 6 a.m.
Warming station organizers originally had hoped to keep the facility open until 7 a.m., but bowed to concerns brought to Pendleton City Council about mixing the homeless with students walking to Washington Elementary School, a block away.
