Ted Wheeler in June 2020:
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler pledged the city will divert $12 million from the police bureau and other city departments to directly support communities of color, defund three police units including the gun violence reduction team and ban officers from using chokeholds as part of plans to reform the Portland Police Bureau.
Ted Wheeler 9 months later:
Days after Portland recorded its 20th homicide, Mayor Ted Wheeler said Thursday he’ll seek $2 million in one-time funding to allow more proactive policing on city streets with greater civilian oversight to try to stem a growing wave of gun violence.
The cutbacks “created a vacuum that undermined public safety and the very communities whose voices the Council -- and our community -- seek to amplify,” wrote J. W. Matt Hennessee, chair of the collaborative.
Portland mayor pledges to divert millions from police bureau, ban chokeholds in city reforms
During a news conference Tuesday, Wheeler said the details of these plans and others are in the works and that the moves echo demands for years from Portland’s black community. The mayor acknowledged that he should acted with greater urgency sooner.
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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler pledged the city will divert $12 million from the police bureau and other city departments to directly support communities of color, defund three police units including the gun violence reduction team and ban officers from using chokeholds as part of plans to reform the Portland Police Bureau.
Ted Wheeler 9 months later:
Mayor Ted Wheeler seeks $2 million to bring back uniformed police team to address spike in shootings
How would the new police approach differ from the former Portland Gun Violence Reduction Team, which was disbanded in June by the City Council amid $15 million in budget cuts? The key difference, the mayor said, is there will be new community oversight with the collection and publication of data...
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Days after Portland recorded its 20th homicide, Mayor Ted Wheeler said Thursday he’ll seek $2 million in one-time funding to allow more proactive policing on city streets with greater civilian oversight to try to stem a growing wave of gun violence.
The cutbacks “created a vacuum that undermined public safety and the very communities whose voices the Council -- and our community -- seek to amplify,” wrote J. W. Matt Hennessee, chair of the collaborative.