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Crime and Punishment, News, Police Procedure, Politics, Portland mayor Ted Wheeler, Portland Police, Portland ShotSpotter, Quote of the Day, Shotspotter, ShotSpotter controversy, shotspotter doesn't work, ShotSpotter useless, Uncategorized September 26, 2022

Portland’s Mayor Wants to Buy the Questionable ShotSpotter System to Fix the City’s Endemic Violent Crime Problem

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has decided to move forward with a controversial technology that claims to detect and pinpoint gunshots throughout the city. The Focused Intervention Team’s Community Oversight Group, or FITCOG, recommended the city…

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Crime and Punishment, News, Politics, Portland community groups, Portland community-based messengers, portland gun violence, Portland mayor Ted Wheeler, Portland murders 2022 record pace, Portland record murders 2021, Portland state of emergency gun violence, Portland violence interruptors, Ted Wheeler emergency declaration, Uncategorized July 22, 2022

Portland Mayor Declares Gun Violence Emergency, Directs More Money to…’Community-Based Messengers’

[ED: After George Floyd, the city of Portland cut its police budget while daily Antifa and Black Lives Matter protests racked the city. Crime soared. Portland racked up more murders last year than larger cities…