City cleaning dozens of rough sleeper camps
Red Deerians are being encouraged to continue reporting rough sleeper camps to City officials.
The City says it is focusing on cleanup efforts across the city in response to an increasing number of camps being reported over the last month.
In a release, The City says 83 rough sleeper camps were cleaned up during a pilot project between June – August, which resulted in connecting with 153 individuals about housing and 70 referrals to non-housing related social services.
Sixteen tonnes of debris and 1,005 needles were removed from green spaces between June 1 and August 30 and that staff spent approximately 1,343 hours cleaning up camps.