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In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 photo, Homeless Liaison Officer Tom Gentner climbs over highway railing after visiting a camp underneath while on his daily rounds to 20 homeless camps surrounding the Historic District in Savannah, Ga. The homeless in Savannah live under highway bridges, ramps, and the urban forest surrounding downtown. Part of Gentner's job is to document newcomers and check criminal activity. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 photo, Homeless Liaison Officer Tom Gentner takes notes on a homeless couple who recently moved into a wooded area near the boundaries of his district in Savannah, Ga. Gentner is the only officer in Savannah who interacts daily with the homeless community in town, many living in remote locations. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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In this Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 photo, Savannah's Homeless Liaison Officer Tom Gentner's is reflected in the shaving mirror of a homeless man at Camp 7 in Savannah, Ga. Residents call the area the "Bamboo Forest" because of the acres of the dense plants which conceal their community of fenced off encampments. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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In this Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 photo, a homeless man talks to Homeless Liaison Officer Tom Gentner about new people who arrived to a nearby campsite in Savannah, Ga. Gentner has built a relationship of trust with the homeless population around Savannah. They keep him informed about camp activities and he addresses their needs as they arise. Gentner's duties include settling disputes, documenting camp residents and checking their criminal backgrounds. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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In this Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 photo, Savannah Metro Police Department Homeless Liaison Officer Tom Gentner, right, gathers contact information from a young couple who are living in homeless Camp 8 South under the ramps of the Truman Parkway in Savannah, Ga. Since September 2013 the Savannah police department gave Gentner the task of keeping track of over three hundred homeless people living near the historic downtown area. The couple later found temporary housing with the help of Gentner. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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FILE- In this Jan. 27, 2014 file photo, numerous cranes work three vessels loading and unloading shipping containers at the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City terminal in Savannah, Ga. Georgia’s ports are on track to move record-breaking amounts of cargo by the end of 2014 fiscal year this summer. Officials say the Port of Savannah in the past nine months handled 2.31 million cargo containers _ a higher volume than the port moved in all of 2006. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
