Use-of-force

Portlanders join many cities throughout the nation in calling for an effective response to police violence. The city of Portland has responded by mandating more training, and by increasing the budget allocated to the Portland Police Bureau. These trainings are verifiably ineffective, and waste taxpayer money while providing cover for police violence at the same time.[a][b][c]

At a time when non-violent public safety solutions like Portland Street Response struggle to stay afloat, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) continues to receive more funding year after year. This increase in funding does not translate to a safer community and police brutality continues to thrive. Using PPB’s own data, obtained through public records, this series of reports examines how PPB ignores issues of brutality and obfuscates harm. Despite claims that additional training lessens violence, we discovered the system enables abuse, time and again.