Posted on October 1, 2015 by John Surico in Vice Vice, By John Surico It happens before dawn. Between the hours of 3 and 5 AM, a small force of officers from the New York Police Department arrive at homeless shelters across the city. According to the people who sleep there, the cops ask the Department of Homeless Services employees at the front desks for the bed numbers of their sleeping targets, and, once in hand, an officer finds their spots, flashes a light to quietly wake them up, and takes them outside, where a police van waits.