Denver struggling to deal with homeless encampments

Homeless people clear their belongings from a camp near the Denver Rescue Mission in Denver.

Salvatore Garofalo sits in a lawn chair in a makeshift homeless camp across from the Denver Rescue Mission in downtown Denver. City officials are planning to evict people from the homeless camps that have popped up around homeless shelters and in public places around the Mile High City.

As Denver police officers look on, homeless people gather their belongings and leave a camp around a small park near the Denver Rescue Mission.

A sign hangs on a fence around the Samaritan House with a new high-rise apartment building in the background as homeless people from a camp are moved by Denver officials.

A Denver police officer uses a camera to shoot video of bystanders as crews of inmates help clear belongings of homeless people from a camp near the Denver Rescue Mission.