AURORA, Colo. — The City of Aurora has taken a "tough love" approach to curbing homelessness, and a new permanent unit within the Aurora Police Department (APD) is dedicated to clearing encampments and enforcing the city's camping ban as part of that initiative.

On Thursday, Denver7 shadowed members of the Homeless Abatement and Relocation Team (HART) to better understand how they work.

"Currently we have a camping ban in the City of Aurora — basically makes it illegal to camp, set up a shelter, on any public or private property. That's typically the reason we're contacting them," APD Sgt. Joshua Perrott said. "A lot of the times, like I said, we're not out there to just upset people's lives. We understand that homelessness is a problem and sometimes it's out of your control, right?" A

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