Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCities like Portland are spending staggering amounts on police PR budgetstruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down14
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkCities like Portland are spending staggering amounts on police PR budgetstruthout.orgDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoPortland Police collects 1/4 of a billion dollars every year. For that: They don’t respond to 911 calls: https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/08/31/mayor-calls-rebukes-portland-police-bureaus-claims-of-understaffing-bullshit/ They don’t do traffic enforcement: https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/08/31/mayor-calls-rebukes-portland-police-bureaus-claims-of-understaffing-bullshit/ They don’t have a gang/gun violence taskforce: https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/06/09/mayor-ted-wheeler-agrees-to-disband-the-portland-police-bureaus-gun-violence-reduction-team/ Even the bike theft team is gone (after having one of their own bikes stolen). https://www.kgw.com/video/news/local/the-story/portlands-bike-theft-task-force-eliminated/283-7de1f9a1-6f89-40b0-99c9-cb3f54125c89 So what are they doing with 1/4 billion a year?
minus-squareAPassenger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoHopefully getting fired. It sounds like they’re already on strike. Doesn’t leave much room for negotiation.
minus-squarebrambledoglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoSounds like it is time to start recording your family get togethers.
Portland Police collects 1/4 of a billion dollars every year.
For that:
They don’t respond to 911 calls:
https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/08/31/mayor-calls-rebukes-portland-police-bureaus-claims-of-understaffing-bullshit/
They don’t do traffic enforcement:
https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/08/31/mayor-calls-rebukes-portland-police-bureaus-claims-of-understaffing-bullshit/
They don’t have a gang/gun violence taskforce:
https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/06/09/mayor-ted-wheeler-agrees-to-disband-the-portland-police-bureaus-gun-violence-reduction-team/
Even the bike theft team is gone (after having one of their own bikes stolen).
https://www.kgw.com/video/news/local/the-story/portlands-bike-theft-task-force-eliminated/283-7de1f9a1-6f89-40b0-99c9-cb3f54125c89
So what are they doing with 1/4 billion a year?
Hopefully getting fired.
It sounds like they’re already on strike. Doesn’t leave much room for negotiation.
Sounds like it is time to start recording your family get togethers.