Print this article The Homeland Security Department was legally authorized to send federal officers to Portland last summer to protect federal property, but they were “unprepared” to carry out their duties due to inadequate strategies, training, and equipment, according to an internal watchdog. A Friday report from the DHS inspector general offers a sometimes critical assessment of how the Trump administration handled sending hundreds of federal officers to the Oregon city during a period of heightened unrest that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “[Homeland Security] had the legal authority to designate and deploy DHS law enforcement officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and United States Secret Service to help FPS protect Federal facilities in Portland, Oregon,” the report said.