Portland City Council Approves $1.4 Million for ‘Unarmed’ Patrols to Combat Gun Violence

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Portland City Council Approves $1.4 Million for ‘Unarmed’ Patrols to Combat Gun Violence

AWR Hawkins 8 Apr 2021

Portland, Oregon’s City Council approved $1.4 million for “unarmed” patrols to be stationed in parks to fight gun crime.

KGW reports there will be “two dozen” such patrols, working a schedule that ensures someone is working “around-the-clock.”

The money for the “unarmed” patrols is part of a larger $6 million plan intended to fight gun violence in the city. The largest portion of the money–$4.1 million–“will be earmarked for community groups that work in the neighborhoods hardest-hit by gunfire.”

None of the money okayed by the City Council will go to the police.

The Associated Press quoted Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) reacted to the approved funding: “We agree that the immediate spike in gun violence is a public health threat that requires a public health response that invests in community-based organizations working to change the conditions and environments that foster violence.”

There have been more than 250 shootings in Portland thus far in 2021. That is a greater than 100 percent increase over the 111 shootings in Portland at this same time in 2020.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/08/portland-city-council-approves-1-4-million-for-unarmed-patrols-to-combat-gun-violence/

[libertybele]

Wow!  Unarmed patrols...that ought to help things!   

[PeteS in CA]

Will they have alternating black and white concentric rings on the front and back of their uniforms?

[ironhorsedriver]

That should go over real well!