Still, some employees of the Police Department with firsthand knowledge of the Homeless Outreach Unit called the latest efforts misguided.

The Civic Education and Outreach Unit educates and engages the public in the workings of the commission.

Recently, the department merged two units concerned with the homeless and assigned about 80 officers to the new agency, the Homeless Outreach Unit.

Officer Delacruz, 39, has already served a 30-day suspension without pay and has been transferred out of the Homeless Outreach Unit.

The memo says the police Homeless Outreach Unit will be participating, to provide services and to coordinate other agencies that help the homeless.

However, 2009 budget cuts have also caused the Press Secretary and Outreach Unit to be eliminated.

You incorrectly report that the transit police are increasing their dependence on the Homeless Outreach Unit to work with homeless rules violators.

Arrests of homeless people by the Homeless Outreach Unit jumped sharply after the unit was reorganized last fall.

After starting with downtown precincts, it began working with the department's newly expanded Homeless Outreach Unit in November.

They also offer guidance to members of the Homeless Outreach Unit when carrying out their duties.