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Employees of Portland’s Independent Police Review File Petition For Union Representation The filing lands at a precarious moment for staff working for the City Auditor’s Office. Portland police search a person arrested at a black bloc march on May 1, 2020. (Justin Yau) Updated 6:12 PM Employees of the Portland City Auditor’s Office filed a labor organization petition May 5 seeking union representation through Oregon’s American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 189.
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Portland Business Alliance Violated City Lobbying Rules 25 Times in the Past Year The alliance was fined $450 and encouraged to partake in training to avoid violating rules in the future. Pioneer Place. (Brian Burk) Updated April 29 The Portland city auditor found this week that the Portland Business Alliance violated the city’s lobbying rules 25 times in the past year by failing to disclose emails, texts and letters exchanged with city officials, including the office of Mayor Ted Wheeler.
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Dubbed the Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST), the new unit will be tasked with investigating gun crimes and responding to high-level 911 calls involving a firearm. The ECST is framed as responsive gun violence unit, where GVRT attempted to be preventative a practice that fell prey to reported racial profiling. This is a very high priority for us, said PPB Deputy Chief Chris Davis at an afternoon press conference. This is not just a a public safety issue, it s a public health issue.
The ECST will consist of three sergeants, six detectives, and 12 officers, many of whom already focus on gun crime investigations at the bureau. The biggest difference is that the ECST will have several of its officers on-call 24/7 to respond to gun-related emergencies. This change comes with a price tag: Davis estimates the police bureau needing to expand its annual budget by at least $350,000 to compensate the on-cal