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  1. Portland Police Bureau’s budget reduction was slight and short-lived

    After a brief dip in PPB funding after 2020 protests, PPB budget reaches record $249 million Portland faces record levels of gun violence and homicide. As of July 21, there have been  91 homicides  in Portland in the past year, and from January through Ju ...

    3 Aug 2022 - Piper McDaniel

  2. Police know arrests won’t fix homelessness. They keep arresting people anyway.

    In the Lents neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, residents gathered at a public forum last June to voice their concerns about the city’s growing population of homeless individuals. Over the last decade, rent grew twice as fast in Portland as the rest of the ...

    29 Jun 2022 - Melissa Lewis

  3. Kaia Sand | When policing is more important than housing, the unhoused are over-policed

    Opinion | Stable housing is vital, but remains underfunded compared to policing Imagine a city in which some people have plenty, and some barely have anything at all. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. T ...

    29 Jun 2022 - Kaia Sand

  4. Trauma’s Long Reach: The Homicide of Ervin Jones

    The 1945 police killing of Ervin Jones left an impact on his family for generations. Now, his relatives hope to change the record surrounding his death. Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of racism and police violence. From the d ...

    15 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw

  5. MCSO reviews challenge coin, refuses to release findings

    Multnomah County Sheriff's Office did not confirm if the coin violated the office's policy or professional standards The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says the Professional Standards Unit was “not able to confirm” what an abbreviation on a s ...

    18 May 2022 - K. Rambo

  6. Law enforcement coin related to Portland protests under review by sheriff’s office

    An illustration of a burning Multnomah County Justice Center and a secretive abbreviation are among the content of a law enforcement challenge coin now being reviewed by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Professional Standards Unit.  Several 2020 Port ...

    13 Apr 2022 - K. Rambo

  7. Opinion | Body-worn cameras will not stop police officers from excessive use of force

    Are body-worn cameras a remedy to police use of force or a really expensive way to record police assaults? In response to police violence against protestors in the summer of 2020 and the murder of George Floyd, the United States Department of Justice prop ...

    28 Feb 2022 - Ariel Stone and Amanda Marshall

  8. Editorial | Crisis response shouldn’t be a bargaining chip

    Take the Portland Street Response program out of the police union contact In June, amid immense public outcry surrounding the death of George Floyd and other Black Americans who have died at the hands of police, the Street Roots Editorial Board called for ...

    17 Mar 2021 - SR editorial board

  9. Opinion | Measure 26-217 will help create real police oversight

    Since Aaron Campbell’s death, at least 20 people with mental health or substance problems have been killed by Portland police. Say their names. Members of the Mental Health Alliance will vote YES on Portland City Ballot Measure 26-217 to form a new and em ...

    7 Oct 2020 - The Mental Heal...

  10. Passerby attacked by police during protest is suing Portland

    Adam Allen was walking home from a bar when police knocked him down in North Portland, says tort claim Adam Allen had just moved back to Portland after spending five years on the East Coast when he decided to meet an old friend for a drink on Aug. 9. He h ...

    19 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy

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