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Marshals say enforcement at Dallas encampments largely for paraphernalia; council presses for sustained closures
Summary
City marshals told the Public Safety Committee their enforcement at homeless encampments typically targets possession and paraphernalia offenses, not criminal trespass, and described decommissioning as a team approach; council members requested mapping and sustained strategies for entrenched sites.
David Pugh of the City Marshals told the Public Safety Committee on April 14 that enforcement actions taken during street‑response work and encampment visits are generally related to lower‑level offenses such as possession of drug paraphernalia rather than criminal trespass, and that arrests for trespass on private property are not typical in the street‑response context.
When asked whether enforcement often involves criminal trespass or refusal…
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