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‘Overworked, overwhelmed and burned out’: Why Portland cops say they’re leaving in droves Updated Apr 05, 2021; Facebook Share They bemoaned the lack of true community-based policing. And they were all Portland officers and supervisors who chose to leave the state’s largest police force in the last year. In 31 exit interview statements, the employees who turned in their badges or retired were brutally frank about their reasons for getting out. “The community shows zero support. The city council are raging idiots, in addition to being stupid. Additionally, the mayor and council ignore actual facts on crime and policing in favor of radical leftist and anarchists fantasy. What’s worse is ppb command (lt. and above) is arrogantly incompetent and cowardly,” one retiring detective wrote. ....
Judges dismiss or recommend throwing out 2 civil suits that challenged Portland police ‘kettling’ tactic Updated Jan 11, 2021; Posted Jan 11, 2021 On June 4, 2017, Portland police detained more than 300 people on Southwest Fourth Avenue between Southwest Morrison Street and Southwest Alder Street after closing down Chapman and Lownsdale Squares and ordering protesters to disperse north. Facebook Share Two federal judges in separate opinions have either dismissed or recommended throwing out two civil suits challenging the mass police detention of hundreds of people during competing demonstrations downtown in June 2017. Despite heavy community objection to the tactic called “kettling” and a critical report from Portland’s police review office, the rulings mark a win for the city. ....