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Biloxi leaders cite public-safety, mental-health concerns as homeless encampments affect parks
Summary
Council members and the police chief described increasing reports of people sleeping in parks and along boardwalks; officials discussed stepped-up patrols, outreach through Mercy Cross Center and the need to address mental-health related needs separate from enforcement.
City leaders at the Biloxi City Council meeting described recurring incidents of people sleeping in public parks and under boardwalks, and discussed a mix of increased patrol activity, outreach and longer-term mental-health responses.
Councilman Gray raised complaints from parents and residents that playgrounds and boardwalks have become places where people sleep during the day and at night, and asked whether the city could…
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