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Crime in Portland, Oregon has gotten to the point that police say they can’t keep up with the number of reported shootings, stabbings, and other acts of violence, but three of the newest city council members are still resisting Mayor Ted Wheeler’s call to spend $2-million dollars to put a team of police officers on the streets dedicated to combat the rise in violent crime.
Instead, they’re proposing the city spend nearly $5-million on anti-violence programs and adding more patrols of park rangers in the city. Yeah, park rangers.
The memo, sent to Wheeler last week and obtained by
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Portland City Commissioners Make Counteroffer to Mayor: $4.9 Million to Fight Gun Violence but No Cops They suggest foot patrols by Portland park rangers “seven days a week, including graveyard shifts.” Memorials to Jennifer Garcia and Charlie Borbon-Lopez line Khunamokwst Park. (Brian Burk) Updated April 1 Newly obtained documents show that three members of Portland s City Council on March 26 countered Mayor Ted Wheeler s $2 million proposal for a team of uniformed officers to curb gun violence in the city with their own proposal: more money, but no police.
The proposals are a dramatic departure from Mayor Ted Wheeler’s plan to bring back a uniformed police team tasked with reducing the number of homicides and shootings citywide.
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Democratic Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler submitted a request to the Portland City Council on Thursday for a one-time $2 million expenditure for police, months after the council voted to cut nearly $16 million from the police bureau’s budget.
Wheeler, who previously advocated for the Portland Police Bureau’s budget to be cut, cited a dangerous surge in gun violence throughout the city as the primary reason for requesting the funds, according to the Oregonian.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has requested $2 million in emergency funding for police following a continued spike in shootings & homicides. Last year, the city defunded millions from police & abolished the gun violence reduction team in response to BLM. https://t.co/GVs59VBMCD
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