[quote=spdrun]I think there’s also a trend to police not being as “proactive”, where it can be seen as brutal. This is probably a good thing. Ten years ago, they might have been hauled off to jail at the slightest pretext.[/quote]

Part of the problem could also be that there are fewer places for the homeless to go that are safe, vermin free and have reasonable rules: https://soapboxie.com/social-issues/why_homeless_people_avoid_shelters