The Skanner News - City's Budget Windfall Means More for Police, Despite NAACP Demands

Many are calling foul on the city’s allocation last week of an additional $5.2 million to the Portland Police Bureau’s annual budget of $230 million. In explaining his decision, Mayor Ted Wheeler cited record homicides and shootings since the beginning of the year, clarifying his goal to hire 300 additional PPB staff members over the next three years, 200 of them armed officers. Much of the funding increase will go to recruitment.

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