A sighting of police clearing a homeless encampment along 23rd Street near the Oklahoma State Capitol on Friday is not part of Governor Stitt’s recently launched ‘Operation Safe.’

The Governor posted a video to his Facebook page on Friday depicting the Oklahoma City Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Team.

“Good on Mayor David Holt for taking inspiration from Operation SAFE,” he wrote in the post.

Stitt’s office said there are no plans to announce Operation Safe in Oklahoma City at this time.

However, the Oklahoma City Police Department told News 9 that the activity along 23rd Street was a regular duty of its Homeless Outreach officers and not spurred by the governor’s directive.

Specifically, the department said the Oklahoma Department of Transportation requested its presence alon

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