Multnomah County DA also urges the Biden administration to take action against gun violence. As gun violence continues to make headlines in Portland, Mayor Ted Wheeler said he supports moving more Portland Police Bureau resources to gun violence response. And Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt was one of 46 prosecutors nationwide that urged the Biden administration to take action against rising gun violence. At a regional gun violence response coordination meeting Friday morning, Feb. 5, Wheeler said he supports "the deployment of a sergeant, four officers and two detectives to be 'on call' to respond 24/7 to shootings to assist in crime scene processing."