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School Board Candidate Herman Greene Attended Largely Unmasked Worship Event in August That Drew Thousands Greene says he went to the event to act as a peacekeeping mediator when he heard from disgruntled community members that a singer was coming to Portland to hold a “unity” event on the waterfront. Herman Greene at an event on the waterfront Aug. 8 Updated 2:35 PM Herman Greene, a candidate for a seat on the Portland Public Schools Board, attended a worship event last Aug. 8 on the Portland waterfront that drew a mostly unmasked crowd of thousands.
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Roy Moore Calms Wounded People Before They Seek Revenge. Portland City Hall Is Betting His Work Can Curb a Wave of Shootings. His job is central to City Council s hope of slowing a vicious shooting war without turning to Portland’s most politically toxic solution: more cops. OPEN ALL NIGHT: Roy Moore keeps a phone by his bed so Legacy Emanuel Medical Center can contact him if shooting victims arrive overnight. “It’s hard to unplug,” he says. (Sam Gehrke)
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Feb 20, 2021
The Portland Police Bureau is announcing the formation of the Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST). At the direction of Mayor Wheeler, PPB is implementing this plan to address gun violence in our city. The ECST is an investigative team which falls under the Investigations Branch of PPB. The team is composed of three sergeants, 12 officers and six detectives that will focus full-time on the investigation of shootings.
The assigned personnel will primarily be from the existing assault detail, so many of those on the team are experienced investigators and have been doing this work for months or even years. Before now, the Assault Detail has been investigating these shooting cases, making arrests and forwarding cases to the Multnomah County District Attorney (MCDA). The DA announced recently that his office is moving forward on 26 gun violence related cases, including two homicides.