Portland Police Exiting The Force En Masse

Current Events, Domestic February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Chuck Berry
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The Portland Police Bureau now has the “lowest number of sworn employees” in more than 25 years, prompting the department to reassign certain personnel as a way to decrease overtime costs, officials announced.

On Thursday, Portland police reassigned sergeants and officers from three precincts “in an effort to reduce overtime costs” – just one day after an Oregonian/Oregon Live report detailing how Police Chief Chuck Lovell has asked city commissioners to decrease department budget cuts to just 1% so they can hire more personnel.

“Due to the fact that the bureau has its lowest number of sworn employees in over 25 years (824 sworn members), and because of enormous costs associated with events of 2020, the Bureau took this step to save money,” the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) said in a Thursday press release regarding the reorganization.

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