How to help: Louisville Metro website lists supplies needed for homeless shelters Share Updated: 8:55 AM EST Feb 19, 2021 WLKY Digital Team Share Updated: 8:55 AM EST Feb 19, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript TEMPERATURES. REPORTER: YOU’VE HEARD THE SAYING, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. IT USUALLY REFERS TO CRIME. BUT NOW POLICE ARE ASKING YOU TO SPEAK UP, IF YOU SEE A NEIGHBOR IN NEED, OR SOMEONE COLD OUT ON THE STREETS. OUTREACH WORKERS IN LOUISVILLE FIELD HEARTBREAKING CALLS ABOUT THE HOMELESS EVERY DAY. >> LITERALLY THEY GOT A CALL THAT THERE WAS A BAG ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THERE WAS A LADY IN IT AND SHE WAS WET AND IT WAS COLD, SO THEY GOT HER WARMED UP AND GOT HER TO A SHELTER. REPORTER: OFFICER ROBERT YOSHIOKA IS ON LMPD’S HOMLESS OUTREACH MOBILE RESPONSE UNIT, WHICH CHECKS ON THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. >> WE HAVE ALREADY HAD INSTANCES OF FROSTBITE IN THE CITY. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND THAT IS WHEN IT WAS 23 DEGREES. NOW IT WILL BE 20 AND ZERO DEGREES. REPORTER: YOSHIOKA’S TEAM WORKS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH CLOTHING, BLANKETS AND FOOD. THEY ALSO WORK TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND GIVE THEM WARNING WHEN HOMELESS CAMPS ARE BEING MOVED. HE SAYS MOVING IN WINTER WEATHER CAN BE DANGEROUS. >> WE MIGHT COME DOWN TO IT. WE WILL BE HERE TO HELP IF EVERYTHING GOES THAT WAY. IF YOU START TO SWEAT, YOU CAN FREEZE AFTER THAT. YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT YOUR BODY IS DOING. REPORTER: ANOTHER DANGER OF MOVING, THE POTENTIAL OF SPREADING DISEASE, LIKE COVID. YOSHIOKA SAYS THE UNIT HAS GAINED TRACTION IN THE LAST 3 YEARS, AND HIS GOAL IS TO ONE DAY RE-ESTABLISH A FACILITY THAT COULD SERVE PEOPLE’S IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND CONNECT THEM WITH LONG TERM HELP. >> WHEN I BECAME A POLICE OFFICER, I WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE. AND THIS SEGMENT OF SOCIETY IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SECTORS OF SOCIETY, AND THEY NEED HELP. REPORTER: YOSHIOKA REMINDS PEOPLE THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AREN’T ALWAYS THEIR CHOICE. HE ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO TREAT ONE ANOTHER WITH EMPATHY AND