Targeted Red Bluff cleanup project removes multiple abandoned vehicles, 100,000 lbs of debris
RED BLUFF, Calif., — Red Bluff Police Department was excited to announce that a day-long targeted cleanup project in a vacant property yesterday resulted in a whopping 100,000 pounds of debris being removed from the location.
Yesterday’s cleanup was just the most recent Red Bluff community project aimed at ridding the community of derelict homeless encampments along with related waste and discarded debris, as well as removing abandoned vehicles and other blight. Another cleanup project less than two weeks ago in the Reeds Creek area near the Red Bluff River Park yielded more than 30,000 pounds of debris removed.
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Sunday’s cleanup efforts targeted a large field in the area of Reeds Avenue and Mill Street and included the combined efforts and resources of volunteers and multiple local agencies, organizations, and businesses, including the Tehama County Environmental Health Department, PATH – Poor and the Homeless Tehama County Coalition, Red Bluff City Public Works, Tehama County Probation, Hill Enterprises Towing & Auto Body Services, Green Waste of Tehama.
A multi-agency cleanup project in Red Bluff yesterday yielded nearly 100,000 pounds of debris, including three trailers, one RV, and multiple vehicles that were abated from the vacant property. RBPD photos
By the end of the day, nearly 100,000 pounds of debris were removed according to Red Bluff PD, who said the day’s efforts also saw three trailers, one RV, and multiple vehicles removed from the property as well.
City officials recently shared with SCNS that such cleanup projects require extensive planning, preparation and coordination of all the involved agencies and organizations.
Preparation for this project began more than two months ago and included aerial mapping and surveying of the targeted property last December, to help the involved agencies properly plan how to tackle such a massive cleanup effort.
Proving that no job officers ever undertake is routine, last December’s normally uneventful pre-project aerial survey led to the arrest a local man after he was observed shooting a BB gun at a remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drone that Red Bluff PD Community Service Officers were using to conduct the overhead mapping. Responding officers discovered the man was in possession of stolen property; including power tools and personal checks and money orders valued at more than $4,300.
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Officials also said that any groups or organizations wishing to volunteer their services for future cleanup projects are encouraged to contact Red Bluff PD Community Service Officer Nigel Mist at (530) 527-3131.
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Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.