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Police won’t speculate on further arrests

Toronto police spokesman Mark Pugash would not say whether protesters’ continued defiance of repeated police orders to vacate the park could lead to further arrests.

“Our concern is removing structures,” he said, noting people were welcome to convene and protest once the park was deemed safe again.

Should protesters, some of whom have barricaded themselves into tents and other structures, refuse to comply, “I’m not going to speculate on what might happen,” Mr. Pugash said.

City bylaw officers taped pieces of paper, each with a letter and a number, to tents and structures. One bylaw officer explained they were photographing all the structures for the purposes of record-keeping.

Occupiers remove belongings from encampment

Occupiers started moving the contents out of their central yurt after volunteer facilitator Kevin Konnyu urged members to help prevent the group’s belongings from getting destroyed.

“Fellow CUPE members, I am standing with you. Why are you not standing with me,” yelled Ashley Janice as city workers slowly took apart the Occupy camp, moving piles of wood pallets and other debris onto waiting trucks.

Officials load up garbage truck with Occupy materials

A large waste truck pulled up on the park’s southwest corner, and city officials started to load it up with bags of debris and other materials from the Occupy site.

City officials worked their way through the camp from both sides, disassembling the ragtag assortment of structures remaining in the park. Police were primarily there to observe and ensure city workers could safely carry out their work.