Safety, accessibility, and crime at Aurora’s navigation campus

Aurora’s Regional Navigation Campus, which shelters nearly 300 people nightly, is facing scrutiny over safety and operations. After health concerns about possible mold, tests showed the facility to be safe, yet public unease persists. Disability advocates have also alleged that guests’ mobility aids were taken, a claim the shelter’s director strongly denies. At the same time, Aurora police report a surge in crime and calls for service near the campus in the weeks following its opening, intensifying debates over how the city manages homelessness and public safety.