Rumor What's going on in Portland?

I've been saying this for fifty years. Do you think anyone in power will ever listen?

 

https://www.koin.com/news/portland/hardesty-barrels-to-calm-portland-high-speed-shootings/amp/

 

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/20...onth-more-than-most-years.html?outputType=amp

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/portland-police-officers-flee-force-in-droves?_amp=true

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/police-retirements-resignations-recruits.amp.html

 

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/20...-theyre-leaving-in-droves.html?outputType=amp

 

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/po...-unit-to-fight-rising-murder-rate-11627896601

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1272196

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...ey-to-hire-retired-cops-as-shootings-continue

 

This is whats actually going on. Some people can dilute it. Sweep it under the rug, deny it or whatever, but their heads would simply be buried in the sand.

 

Again, murders went up 30% nation wide in 2020. Not just NY. Not just Portland. The whole country. It was a tough year for police all over the country.

Call it BS if you want, but I'll just stick to the facts. If you want to ignore the facts and live in a fantasy world you have every right to do so.

 

Baby boomers are retiring everywhere. There are shortages of employees everywhere. There will be more records broken as more boomers retire. In every field.

This is supported because the same thing is happening nationwide. Which is why you see other states advertising to hire police from Oregon. If there were no openings our police wouldn't have anywhere else to go.

Nobody is attacking firefighters. So why are their retirement numbers spiking as well, as your post clearly shows? Must be something else going on...

 

Interesting. So since the rate was higher 15 years ago we should be able to look back 15 years and find the same spikes in crime, right?

Nope. Crime rates were still dropping fast 15 years ago.

I guess there might be some other factors as well...

https://www.bestplaces.net/crime/city/oregon/portland

 

So not just Portland then. Everywhere... Perhaps this is larger than Portland's "libs" being mean to the Portland police?

 

This is great. Not only have police not been defunded, the city is working to increase their budget and implement body cams as well as specialized units to help with the homeless.

Good stuff!

 

@Phatguysrule Portland Police to rollout new unit to address gun violence issue

This comes just months after the city disbanded the Gun Violence Reduction Team (GVRT). Since the city disbanded the GVRT, shootings skyrocketed, but city and community leaders do not agree on the reason.

Portland’s police chief has told KATU News that the city’s decision to disband the GVRT made the surge in violence worse than it would have been if the team were still in place. The unit had officers who focused on patrol, others who focused on investigating shootings, and another group that worked with community groups to target people involved in gun violence.

 

Thanks!
Still a bit confusing, because shootings skyrocketed over "the last year" , but the unit was disbanded only "months ago".

So it sounds like maybe the unit was not effective or something so they are in the process of enacting a new or retooled unit?

This seems like they are making efforts to solve the problem.

 

Going to Moda last night was shocking. We parked a few streets away, like always. We couldnt even walk down the sidewalks like we always have. They were full of tents and BBQs, mattresses, weed, etc. Made me mad. I was with two of my kids, we walked into Moda, told wife, I will go get car after game, you guys wait here for me. Fucking pathetic the city has been taken over by a small % of people. I honestly am starting to care less and less about "oh no what do we do" just do something, get them out. Sorry but .01% of the population doesnt get to ruin a city for everyone else - the ones who pay taxes to boot

 

What?