Portland Street Response Sees 700 Percent Increase In Workload After Citywide Expansion
Portland Street Response (PSR) has experienced a surge in demand following the first response team's citywide expansion in April 2022. In the six-month window following the expansion, PSR workers responded to 717 percent more calls than they did during the same time period in 2021, according to a Portland State University study released Thursday. While the demand following the expansion illustrates the city's clear need for the alternative emergency response program, it also exposed cracks...
Source: portlandmercury.com