What it's like patrolling Ottawa's downtown to help the homeless

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What it's like patrolling Ottawa's downtown to help the homeless

OTTAWA - Wearing matching black Hi-Vis backpacks, dark blue winter coats and hats stitched with City of Ottawa branding, Rachel Douglas - alongside seven fellow team members and a canine companion - make up the City’s Community Engagement Team. Better known as “CET” amongst clients who use the team’s outreach model, CET workers are paired together to collectively patrol the ByWard, Lowertown, Centretown, Elgin Street and Sandy Hill neighbourhood…