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Portland Police Struggle Under Staffing Crisis | Portland News
Portland’s police are stretched thin, with a 24% staffing drop on a recent Saturday leaving critical calls unanswered for minutes—like a terrifying waterfront incident where a man tried to grab a 7-year-old, only stopped by a bystander’s pepper spray. Officers were tied up with a barricaded suspect, forcing triage across the city. Similar delays have left women holding off attackers and news crews threatened with knives. With 70+ vacancies and $20M in cuts since 2020, the department’s overwhelmed, pushing to offload low-priority calls to Street Response while city leaders consider a new…
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