City Will Spend an Estimated $1.1 Million on Munitions, Shields, and Training For Police portlandmercury.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from portlandmercury.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As the city invests in multiple gun violence initiatives in an effort to drive down shooting and homicide rates, data shows a handful of the city’s own police officers have perpetuated gun violence on multiple occasions. Portland Police Bureau (PPB) data shows four officers involved in recent fatal shootings have each shot at members of the public at least twice since 2021. One officer has logged three shootings in that timeframe–two of them fatal. Another.
State Database of Police Deadly Force is Incomplete and Inaccurate kboo.fm - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kboo.fm Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ballot proposal would undo Portland's new police accountability system opb.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from opb.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The City Council voted unanimously to equip about 810 sworn police officers with body cameras next year, making a summertime pilot program permanent. However only 297 of the patrol officers will be required to wear them routinely.