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wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 7 months agoIt’s actually gotten better since COVID, noticeably.
I think that’s a matter of opinion.
PPb isn’t refusing calls. They are short staffed. They lose a ton of officers over the calls to defund.
I won’t overly defend PPb because I think they needed a reckoning. A family member of a friend was beat to death by PPB for not a good reason.
I would like to think that’s the only time I’ve heard a similar story but it isn’t.
The only reason the officers got into any trouble was several of the family members worked for the governor directly.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Nobody’s defunding them. They’ve actually been funded more since that became the hot new word. This alone tells me you’re either being lied to by your media source, or you’re making this up as you go. I don’t want to accuse you of anything but. I’m afraid you may be misinformed.
The PPD have plenty of funding, at this point they’re just refusing to do their jobs.
Yeah unfortunately that part’s not a Portland-specific problem either. Too much favoritism in corporations as well as city government these days.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Defunding happened but then they corrected. The problem is they lost officers and nobody wants to work there.
manhattan.institute/…/portlands-police-staffing-c…
www.streetroots.org/news/2022/…/ppb-budget-2022#:….
In 2021-2022, this number dipped just 4%, with PPB absorbing at least 29% of the general fund.
portlandtribune.com/…/article_8bd82e18-b531-5ae3-…
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Right so the defund argument is BS in 2024, they just don’t want to do their job.
Eugene is in a similar spot but MUCH more favoritism and corruption in that dept.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Eugene is another shithole. I rarely go there. Last time I went there was in December for nicks