A group of citizens is taking down homeless camps in Maple Ridge, hauling tents and other materials to the dump, and metal 91裸聊视频� including bike parts 91裸聊视频� to the recycling depot.

Jamie Seip speaks for the group. He spoke last spring during the public protests of the low-barrier supportive housing shelter on Burnett Street. That housing complex just opened Tuesday.

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Seip said they have cleaned up four tons of trash in six days, and noted 91裸聊视频渋t91裸聊视频檚 all out of pocket, and it91裸聊视频檚 all on our own time.91裸聊视频�

Seip maintains they are taking action where police and bylaws cannot.

91裸聊视频淕overnments tend to over-complicate things,91裸聊视频� said Seip.

91裸聊视频淚f the government did what we are doing, it would cost $300,000 for the pilot year.91裸聊视频�

They are not being heartless, said Seip, and explained he gave a homeless girl who had been stranded in Maple Ridge a ride back to her home town of Chilliwack. He drove another person to Port Coquitlam.

There have been no altercations. He has checked with RCMP and bylaws and has not been told to cease and desist, he added.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e had RCMP and bylaws literally high-fiving us,91裸聊视频� said Seip.

There have been a lot of positive and encouraging comments about the group91裸聊视频檚 work posted in social media.

The group checks the sites they have 91裸聊视频渃leared,91裸聊视频� which include a vacant lot on 228th Street, and a wooded area of 232nd Street and another near Glenwood elementary school, near Laity Street and 121st Avenue.

Chris Bossley, who was an advocate for the homeless people living at the Anita Place Tent City, has asked police to investigate.

91裸聊视频淭his ridiculous activity against people who are homeless is unacceptable as far as I91裸聊视频檓 concerned,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淏asically what they are doing is tearing down people91裸聊视频檚 homes 91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

Other detractors have called the group91裸聊视频檚 actions vigilantism and cruel in their social media posts. Bossley has complained to Ridge Meadows RCMP.

Police said they have no comment at this time.

Bossley said she would be at the Tuesday night meeting of Maple Ridge council to bring the matter to the city91裸聊视频檚 attention.

She fears the group91裸聊视频檚 activities will lead to violent confrontations.

91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 understand how people can take the law into their own hands, and there are no consequences,91裸聊视频� said Bossley. 91裸聊视频淭his has to be nipped in the bud.91裸聊视频�

If there is violence, it will not come from his group, said Seip.

91裸聊视频淲e are not going to hurt a soul,91裸聊视频� he said, adding the goal is to 91裸聊视频淥ne block at a time, make it a little better.91裸聊视频�

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