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 to squatters? it s daily. daily? if you looked at a map, it would look like somebody hit it with a shotgun, because it s everywhere. so wealthy neighborhoods. yes. middle income neighborhoods. everywhere. the squatter task force starts the day with a list of properties. first up, a house owned by a woman who lives out of state. on her last visit, she encountered squatters who threatened her. the owner s kind of stayed away from it for awhile, due to the fact she s had squatters and she s afraid of them. they ve had guns in the past.
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