Acting on complaints from residents, Oakdale Police recently dismantled three transient encampments on the banks of the Stanislaus River near Valley View Park. After contacting the subjects that claimed to be living in makeshift camps scattered with trash consisting of discarded food containers, mattresses, soiled clothing and bike parts, creating blight at an otherwise tranquil riverside locale, officers ordered the people to take their belongings under threat of trespass arrest. Camping and trespassing in the areas is banned under Oakdale City Ordinance 20-12.