Some new safety precautions will be in place.

Seven members of Occupy D.C. have been arrested this week for blocking the sidewalk after sleeping outside a downtown Bank of America branch. It’s a new tactic, but it’s disputed which Occupy group thought of it first.

A day after protesters at the Occupy D.C. encampment at McPherson Square dropped a massive tarp over the statue of Gen. James McPherson in protest of a planned enforcement of anti-camping regulations, the U.S. Park Police have asked occupiers to remove it.

McPherson Square was flush with protesters, onlookers and reporters waiting to see what action the U.S. Park Police would take in enforcing the National Park Service’s final warning that Occupy D.C. is in violation of federal regulations about camping in a public space. So far, no one has been arrested.

In a flier distributed today, the National Park Service appears to be getting ready to enforce the prohibitions on camping at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, potentially starting to draw the curtains on Occupy D.C.’s takeover of the public squares.

It looks like despite the National Park Service’s insistence that the Occupy D.C. encampment at McPherson Square is a round-the-clock vigil, the federal agency will issue final warning related to camping before possible evicting the camp.

Over the weekend, Occupy D.C. endured what might be considered a major test for the open-air political encampment—constant freezing or near-freezing temperatures along with the winter’s first accumulative snowfall.