{"id":968821,"date":"2021-11-04T17:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T21:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968821"},"modified":"2021-11-04T17:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T21:44:33","slug":"portland-mayor-asks-city-council-to-invest-in-police-following-defund-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-asks-city-council-to-invest-in-police-following-defund-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Mayor Asks City Council To Invest In Police Following \u2018Defund\u2019 Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-mayor-asks-city-council-to-invest-in-police-following-defund-movement%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=968821&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--><p>The mayor of Portland, Oregon, is asking the city council to inject more than $5 million in new investment into the city\u2019s police force. The move comes about a year after \u201cdefund the police\u201d protests led the city to slash its police budget.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Ted Wheeler made the announcement at a press conference Wednesday. \u201cMany Portlanders no longer feel safe in their city,\u201d Wheeler said. \u201cBusiness owners have closed up shop for fear of doing business in high risk areas. Commuters fear for their safety, whether taking public transport or going by foot. Parents are scared to let their children play outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the investments Wheeler wants are body cams for officers, and more officers added to the force overall.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/portland-mayor-wheeler-increase-police-year-after-defund-police\">Fox News<\/a>, the Portland Police Department\u2019s number of officers is about 130 below its authorized level. Since August 2020, around 200 officers have left the department. In their exit interviews, according to Fox News, officers cited, notably, burnout from the months of violent protests and a lack of support, even outright denigration, from city officials, including the mayor himself. The Daily Wire reported in June that the entire Portland Police \u201ccrowd control unit\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/entire-portland-police-unit-resigns-after-fellow-officer-targeted-by-politically-driven-assault-charge\">resigned<\/a> from their assignment just one day after an Oregon grand jury indicted an officer for allegedly using \u201cunlawful\u201d force against a protester during the violent riots that took place in the summer of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Portland Police Association executive director Daryl Turner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-portland-police-union-chief-slams-city-officials-claims-they-encouraged-and-enabled-antifa-violence\">blamed<\/a> the unit\u2019s resignation, and the record number of police resignations overall, on city officials whose \u201cpolitical venom demonized these public servants for doing exactly what they were tasked to do\u2014restore peace and order in our City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reduction in police presence has led to a record spike in violence. The city experienced its most violent year on record, with 72 homicides recorded, surpassing its previous annual record of 66, recorded in 1987. The city saw an 83% increase in homicides in 2020, according to Fox News. In response, local businesses have begun hiring armed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/armed-private-security-now-patrolling-portlands-downtown-after-city-slashes-police-funding\">private security<\/a> details to patrol the city\u2019s downtown to keep the peace, as reported by The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Wheeler\u2019s goal, starting in fiscal year 2023, is to increase the number of officers in the department by 300 over the next three years, including 200 more officers and 100 unarmed \u201cpublic safety specialists.\u201d To do this, Wheeler is proposing $25,000 signing bonuses to the first 50 officers or specialists who sign on. He also plans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor of Portland, Oregon, is asking the city council to inject more than $5 million in new investment into the city\u2019s police force. The move comes about a year after \u201cdefund the police\u201d protests led the city to slash its police budget.Mayor Ted Wheeler made the announcement at a press conference Wednesday. \u201cMany Portlanders no longer feel safe in their city,\u201d Wheeler said. \u201cBusiness owners have closed up shop for fear of doing business in high risk areas. Commuters fear for their safety, whether taking public transport or going by foot. Parents are scared to let their children play outside.\u201dAmong the investments Wheeler wants are body cams for officers, and more officers added to the force overall.According to Fox News, the Portland Police Department\u2019s number of officers is about 130 below its authorized level. Since August 2020, around 200 officers have left the department. In their exit interviews, according to Fox News, officers cited, notably, burnout from the months of violent protests and a lack of support, even outright denigration, from city officials, including the mayor himself. The Daily Wire reported in June that the entire Portland Police \u201ccrowd control unit\u201d resigned from their assignment just one day after an Oregon grand jury indicted an officer for allegedly using \u201cunlawful\u201d force against a protester during the violent riots that took place in the summer of 2020.Portland Police Association executive director Daryl Turner blamed the unit\u2019s resignation, and the record number of police resignations overall, on city officials whose \u201cpolitical venom demonized these public servants for doing exactly what they were tasked to do\u2014restore peace and order in our City.\u201dThe reduction in police presence has led to a record spike in violence. The city experienced its most violent year on record, with 72 homicides recorded, surpassing its previous annual record of 66, recorded in 1987. The city saw an 83% increase in homicides in 2020, according to Fox News. In response, local businesses have begun hiring armed private security details to patrol the city\u2019s downtown to keep the peace, as reported by The Daily Wire.Wheeler\u2019s goal, starting in fiscal year 2023, is to increase the number of officers in the department by 300 over the next three years, including 200 more officers and 100 unarmed \u201cpublic safety specialists.\u201d To do this, Wheeler is proposing $25,000 signing bonuses to the first 50 officers or specialists who sign on. He also plans to hire back some 25 officers who retired.\u201cOur police bureau staffing levels are at record lows and based on projected retirements, staffing levels will continue [to decrease] unless we take decisive action now,\u201d Wheeler said.The move also comes as cities around the country defeated \u201cdefund the police\u201d campaigns. Voters in Minneapolis struck down a measure that would have replaced the city\u2019s police department with a \u201cdepartment of public safety,\u201d 56% to 44%. The city of New York also elected former NYPD officer Eric Adams, who promised to maintain the city\u2019s police force while seeking reform. Seattle also elected a Republican city attorney, defeating an opponent whom the Seattle Times described as a \u201cpolice abolitionist.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}