This has changed in recent years depending on where you live. Some locales in the US make a big deal of paying police to go around and do sweeps of places where

This has changed in recent years depending on where you live. Some locales in the US make a big deal of paying police to go around and do sweeps of places where you'd think nobody is causing trouble, it's been a source of controversy. https://mynorthwest.com/1445501/seattle-homeless-sweeps-2019/ https://mynorthwest.com/1445501/seattle-homeless-sweeps-2019... https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/We-don-t-want-to-be-outside-Homeless-say-14882625.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/We-don-t-want-to... A common theme in sweeps is also intentional destruction of property including personal belongings and medicine: https://www.courthousenews.com/homeless-residents-rip-la-over-tossed-belongings/ https://www.courthousenews.com/homeless-residents-rip-la-ove...