{"id":1566863,"date":"2022-07-22T16:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T20:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566863"},"modified":"2022-07-22T16:04:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T20:04:47","slug":"portland-ore-mayor-ted-wheeler-unveils-plan-to-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-ore-mayor-ted-wheeler-unveils-plan-to-combat\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland, Ore. Mayor Ted Wheeler unveils plan to combat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fportland-ore-mayor-ted-wheeler-unveils-plan-to-combat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566863&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2729512\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2729512\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2729512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22203010202867-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor Ted Wheeler makes an announcement of a new initiative to combat surging gun violence in Oregon&#039;s largest city on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Portland, Ore. The initiative directs $2.4 million to community groups and prevention efforts. (AP Photo\/Claire Rush)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2729512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Ted Wheeler makes an announcement of a new initiative to combat surging gun violence in Oregon\u2019s largest city on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo\/Claire Rush)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 12:45 AM PT \u2013 Friday, July 22, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Rising gun-related homicides in Portland, Oregon have spurred a response from Mayor Ted Wheeler (D). Wheeler announced a new initiative to combat rising homicides in the city. During a Thursday press conference, he unveiled the safer summer PDX 2022 which will allocate $2.4 million to helping the local government along with several non-profit organizations in establishing community-focused intervention programs and improve response times to shootings.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he said it will re-prioritize work within city bureaus to quell shootings, such as identifying areas where they are the most prevalent and modifying the traffic flow to the area or increasing the lighting. Prior to this, the Democrat mayor cut a significant amount of funds from the city\u2019s police in response to mounting pressure from anti-police activists in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cToday, I\u2019m presenting a two year evidence based plan called safer summer PDX,\u201d said Wheeler. \u201cThis plan is specific and it provides actionable goals to better coordinate existing resources and activates an additional $2.4 million to near-term community based violence interventions.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wheeler then went on to outline what he expects his plan will do about the city\u2019s homicide rate.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cSafer summer PDX is accompanied by an emergency declaration that will implement the plan in an agile, accountable, coordinated and fairer manner, reducing Portland\u2019s gun violence by at least 10 percent over the next two years,\u201d he stated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">STATE OF EMERGENCY: Mayor Ted Wheeler&#8217;s message directly to those involved in Portland&#8217;s gun violence crisis:<br \/>&#8220;We do not choose the lives that we are born into\u2026 We are sincere in wanting to offer you a path out.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bu9xA4Eaq5\">pic.twitter.com\/bu9xA4Eaq5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wesleigh Ogle KATU (@WesleighOgle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesleighOgle\/status\/1550481124077363200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes as Portland experienced a 241 percent increase in non-fatal shootings over the past two years with another study saying the city saw a 144 percent increase in gun-related murders between 2019 and 2021, but Wheeler is promising to bring peace back to the city.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cUntil Portland\u2019s gun murders stop, we won\u2019t stop,\u201d he voiced. \u201cWe won\u2019t stop until we get justice for more gun violence victims and their families. We won\u2019t stop until we bring peace back to those Portland neighborhoods that are too often caught in the crossfire.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wheeler said that because Portland has a decentralized governmental structure, the plan will bring all agencies that can address gun violence together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"index-module_storyEmbed__3Nct\">\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/arsenic-and-lead-found-to-be-prevalent-in-baby-food\/\">Arsenic And Lead Found To Be Prevalent In Baby Food<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Ted Wheeler makes an announcement of a new initiative to combat surging gun violence in Oregon\u2019s largest city on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Portland, Ore. 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