AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Starting Monday, the city of Austin launched a homeless encampment surge, which is scheduled to last for roughly three weeks, according to a memo from Director of Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations David Gray.

According to the mayor's office, the city's preliminary numbers on the first day of that initiative were as follows: • 88 sites or encampments checked • 59 people contacted • Three arrests • One life saved by the Austin Police Department through CPR • Six people connected to services • One person accepted shelter

"HSO is initiating a city-wide coordinated effort of outreach and homeless encampment management that will leverage a variety of social and health services, and manage an orderly, humane, and strategic process of encampment decommissioni

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