Increased police presence and nearly 1,500 arrests have reduced open drug use and loitering at Denver’s Union Station, but city leaders on Wednesday acknowledged the change may not be permane…
Increased police presence and nearly 1,500 arrests have reduced open drug use and loitering at Denver’s Union Station, but city leaders on Wednesday acknowledged the change may not be permanent and said the intense effort at the transit hub has pushed problems elsewhere.
“We’re not finished , we’re not going to stop and we recognize that there are problems in other parts of downtown as well,” said Evan Dreyer, the mayor’s deputy chief of staff. Denver police made 1,186 arrests and citations at Union Station between January and July — a 192% increase from the number of arrests made in that same time period in 2021, according to Denver police data presented by Saldate. That’s in addition to 284 arrests made in November and December.
Along with increased arrests by police, RTD leaders made a series of changes to the station, such as installing televisions that show security footage and improving lighting. The transit agency also plans to convert stairs to the underground bus terminal into emergency exits andin December closed the bathrooms in the bus terminal
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