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Union Station drug use and loitering abated, but Denver leaders acknowledge problems have just shifted elsewhere

Issues at transit hub likely to become worse again as cold weather rolls in

From left to right officers Josh ...
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
From left to right officers Josh Hellweg, Stephen Johnson and Jim Bacon work at Union Station on Thursday, May 13, 2022.
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8:  Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Increased police presence and nearly 1,500 arrests have reduced open drug use and loitering at Denver's Union Station, but city leaders on Wednesday acknowledged the change may not be permanent and said the intense effort at the transit hub has pushed problems elsewhere.
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