How will security operations affect homeless people during the Games?
People sleeping close to Olympic venues like BC Place will be displaced during the Olympics. They will be asked to relocate before the Games begin, and may face arrest if they refuse to leave when the security fences go up. Officials have promised publicly that there are no plans to sweep the streets of homeless people or panhandlers during the Olympics. However, a new law called the Assistance to Shelter Act allows the police to use force to take homeless people to shelters against their will during cold weather.
