Veteran gets help after a homeless camp cleanup in Garden Grove

Garden Grove Police Department patrol and SRT officers collaborated with the CHP – Westminster, City of Stanton Outreach, Westminster Police Department, CA and Caltrans Orange County District 12 to remove the encampments along the SR-22 freeway on November 4, 2021.

During the clean-up, an individual expressed interest in outreach services. While speaking to him, SRT officers discovered he was a former U.S. Marine, suffering from a Fentanyl addiction. Be Well OC was requested, responded, and transported him to their Be Well campus.

Ahead of Veterans Day, this vet will receive the rehabilitation services he needs. His information will also be forwarded to Veteran Affairs for housing assistance.

Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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