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Multiple officers followed him there, according to a review of exit interview forms obtained by the
Oregonian. Those forms, obtained through a public records request, showed many of the officers who quit in the past year had grown frustrated with the City Council and the public’s attitude toward them.
Portland’s City Council voted last year to cut $27 million from the police bureau’s budget and is considering more reductions in funding, despite the force’s struggle to retain officers.
The police bureau lost 115 officers between July of last year and April of this year. In the first four months of 2021, Portland saw homicides spike by 800% over the same time frame last year.
Retired Texas Police Officer Jimmy Meeks has become obsessed with a particular word: Encouragement. Quick to admit that in his 35 years he never policed in an environment like today’s, he has given himself to encouraging officers across the United States.“I know when I get bummed out, a word of