Portland leaders approved a controversial plan Thursday to ban unsanctioned camping in the city as constituents seethe over the region’s unabated homeless crisis.
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Gonzalez has issued some controversial directives to Portland Street Response, including sending staff to camp sweeps and ending distribution of tents and tarps.
Portland City Council members cleared the final path for police to start wearing body cameras Wednesday, ending the city’s tenure as the largest in the country whose officers don’t wear the devices.
Brian Hunzeker requested and was placed on leave from the Portland Police Bureau effective April 3, barely a month after his Feb. 27 return to the force, according to records and city officials.