if you come across a point where you re stuck, call help of southern nevada. yes, sir. i m not here to judge. i m giving you the information on where you need to go so you can get some more help. we have no place to stay. we re on the streets. the people are here to kick us out. in the end, the family refuses the offer to connect with services. something that clearly frustrates officer vaughn. they have no water. they have children. we provided them all the information for those kids to have a roof over their head today and food in their belly and a clean bath and a great bill of health. it s on them at this point and they walked away from it. so right now we ll secure the home. we ll turn the possession back over to the bank and we ll go to our next one. had the family taken officer
mom tonight. and after walking around in that apartment, it was filthy with no running water and no power. i think the best decision was made. but it was so, so sad. there are situations like this all over vegas. but in one part of the valley, the cops are taking a hands-on, targeted approach. there are nearly 14,000 vacant homes throughout las vegas. and squatters have become such a big problem that the north las vegas police department has started a task force to combat it. we re spending some time with some of the officers today. and because squatters are often armed, we have to wear these. officer scott vaughn leads the department s squatter enforcement effort. how many calls are you responding to a week with regard
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