Homeless advocacy groups argue the program would make the problem worse.
"It is a disaster waiting to happen," said Ana Cornelius with Denver Homeless Out Loud. "This is not a solution. This is a way of increasing mass-homelessness in our city."
The new pilot program will give a small group of civilians the power to issue citations to people disobeying a handful of city ordinances, first reported by the Denver Voice. Think of camping on city streets, smoking weed in public, trespassing, or being in a park after curfew. The team would be unarmed and not dressed as police officers, just wearing a shirt with the city logo.