P4A suggests PPB already has what it needs to reduce response times, especially since crime, notably violent crime, is down.
Street Roots has previously debunked claims of a ‘crime wave,’ which Aaron Schmautz with the Portland Police Association continued to push during Trump’s federal crackdown.
“Everybody that I know who doesn’t live in Portland is convinced that we burned it to the ground in 2020,” Aaron Roussell, an associate sociology professor at PSU and an expert on policing, said. “Tha...
