Devon Kurtz

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@dkurtzz

Public Safety Policy @InstituteCicero
“a powerful ally” - Bloomberg News
“earnest” - New York Times
“young and bespectacled” - WORLD

Joined September 2011

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Latest posts 5

Devon Kurtz @dkurtzz Oct 8

Cool now arrest the people running the “Care Campus” for violating the federal crackhouse statute.

FBI Los Angeles Verified account @FBILosAngeles Oct 8

Patrick Grandy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, discussed this morning's law enforcement operations targeting narcotics trafficking and sales in the #SkidRow area of Los Angeles. Grandy thanked partners with the FBI, DEA, IRS, ATF, LAPD, U.S. Marshals and many others that are part of the Homeland Security Task Force and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Initiative for their continued efforts to combat violent crime affecting some of the most vulnerable members of our community. #SaveSkidRow

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Devon Kurtz @dkurtzz Oct 8

Our team was walking Skid Row yesterday and the brazenness of drug dealers who were preying on vulnerable homeless people was horrifying.

Grateful that the administration is putting its foot down and saving lives through enforcement.

Nick Sortor Verified account @nicksortor Oct 8

🚨 BREAKING: Hundreds of federal agents -- FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Attorney's Office, and LAPD -- are SWARMING Skid Row right now in a massive drug bust

28 arrests expected. 44 search warrants. Large wads of cash, firearms, and fentanyI being seized on scene.

Drug dealers are also being accused of specifically targeting people on the days their government checks arrive (of course)

LONG overdue! Skid Row has been like a third world country for YEARS.

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Devon Kurtz @dkurtzz Oct 2

The federal government too often blocks states from using its grants to help mentally ill people who require inpatient treatment.

This admin has been great at taking on bad DOJ and HHS regs that take away state discretion on treatment setting.

Now, Congress needs to do the same for grant programs.

Deborah Geesling Verified account @DeborahGeesling Oct 2

But what about people with serious mental illness who cannot engage in treatment due to Anosognosia? (Hits repeat)
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Devon Kurtz @dkurtzz Aug 20

Quaker erasure

Anthony Verified account @Catholicizm1 Aug 20

Bro WTAF

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Devon Kurtz @dkurtzz Jul 13

Very good news in Raleigh today. Several governors have vetoed key homeless bills this year. It’s great to see a legislature with the power to push back.

Communities deserve clean parks and safe shelters. This bill works towards both.

Speaker Destin Hall Verified account @ncspeakerhall Jul 13

It’s clear that @NC_Governor isn’t committed to keeping NC’s streets safe or to improving outcomes for the homeless community.

The legislation he vetoed provides long-term solutions by relocating encampments to safer, more suitable locations.

The House will override and right this wrong.
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