A February 2006 article in the New Yorker relates the story of Murray Barr, a chronicallyhomeless man living in Reno, Nevada. Police Officers Patrick O'Bryan and Steve Johns had numerous interactions with Murray over many years. They began tallying costs such as arrests, incarcerations, ambulance service, and hospitalizations over a ten-year period. Officer O'Bryan said, "It cost us one million dollars not to do something about Murray." Malcolm Gladwell, "Million Dollar Murray," The New Yorker, Feb. 13, 2006 92% of homeless women have experienced severe physical and/ or sexual assault at some point in their lives.
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