The Richmond County Sheriff office held a town hall meeting Tuesday to introduce a new program to help reduce homeless camps near Washington Road and I-20. He plans to partner with business owners in that area.

Sheriff Richard Round tells NewsChannel 6, “It gives us the opportunity when they’re not available and we see something immediate especially with some of these encampments we can take it upon ourselves to go in a dismantle these encampment we may have one or two people on it we can dismantle because it becomes 10 or 12 because what we’ll see is that some of the homeless population will find their spot and see that they’re not being removed or harassed “

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