The Portland Police Bureau should do more to protect information about people’s alleged gang affiliations and to measure how effective the new gun violence teams are at reducing gun violence,
It’s likely that members of Portland’s Gang Enforcement Team (GET) are racially profiling those they pull over for traffic violations, with GET operating under the assumption that the drivers could be involved with a gang. But because the Portland Police Bureau hasn’t kept any reliable data to confirm or deny this assumption, the city auditor’s office can’t make a definitive claim. Judging by their most recent audit, however, city investigators seem pretty damn sure. Some.
Portland residents are sharing concerns about the city's interest in gunshot detection technology, as the city reviews proposals from four external companies