tyrone henry, 64 times. that's how often police arrested and cited tyrone henry and so far taxpayers have spent $154,000 on jail, courts and medical expenses. arrest, jail, release, repeat. it's kind of like the old definition of insanity. if you keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect a different result, then i think that you're insane. >> reporter: yet we keep repeating the expensive cycle. since 2011 these 10 homeless people have cost us taxpayers about $1 million, $1 billion! >> i think as society we really should think more carefully about how we address these kinds >> they're challenged. >> reporter: denver's director of bravely health strategies works on breaking -- behavioral health strategies works on breaking the cycle. >> the folks in part of this high utilizer group are not the folks that we should have in jail. that's not the place they should be served. they're dealing with addiction issues. they're dealing with mental health issues and so the last place that they should be tre