[mc32]

Although not homeless, but rather being a “vagrant” in youth, I agree that cops will not go out of their way to rustle trespassers (schoolyards, parks, golf courses, under highways, etc) unless someone calls in or you bring attention to yourself/selves (causing smoke for example).

[kevingadd]

This has changed in recent years depending on where you live. Some locales in the US make a big deal of paying police to go around and do sweeps of places where you'd think nobody is causing trouble, it's been a source of controversy.

https://mynorthwest.com/1445501/seattle-homeless-sweeps-2019...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/We-don-t-want-to...

A common theme in sweeps is also intentional destruction of property including personal belongings and medicine: https://www.courthousenews.com/homeless-residents-rip-la-ove...