Push to hire retired Portland police officers falls short: Only 2 of 81 express interest
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022, 10:13 a.m. | Published: Jan. 25, 2022, 3:23 p.m.
The Police Bureau also anticipates another large wave of retirements this July and will be working to encourage those veteran officers while they’re still working for the bureau to consider coming back under the program as well.
Only two recent retired officers among 81 contacted by Police Chief Chuck Lovell have expressed interest in helping fill Portland police vacancies under the city-approved retire-rehire program.
The chief urged them to consider returning in a letter last month, acknowledging that those who had retired since August 2020 left “at a time of great despair for the Bureau and the City of Portland.”
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