Authorized vs. Actual Staffing Category Authorized Actual Vacancies Sworn (All Ranks) 877 817 60 Officer Rank 599 567 32 Other Ranks 276 250 26 Public Safety Support Specialists 42 37 5 Professional Staff 342 310 32

The City already set aside $ to hire more cops and support staff but they can't fill those positions. 155 authorized positions are vacant. What if the police worked on being a good institution and stopped trying to pilfer environmental funds and stopped misconduct that leads to lawsuits? 2/2

Just so we're all clear, Portland Councilor Loretta Smith holds monthly "Coffee with a Cop" meetings where she surveys the "community" who attend about whether they support pulling money designated for the Portland Clean Energy Fund and throwing it at the police to hire 400-600 more cops. 1/2

Police investigating themselves and finding they did nothing wrong... again...

ICE shot and killed Renee Good as she was trying to drive away. In Portland, an officer got himself in the way of a truck and when the truck tried to drive around him, he shot at the passenger side of the truck, not the front. The PPB didn't investigate the discrepancy.

The training division evaluates pre-deadly force tactics but it doesn't necessarily translate to action by the oversight system or correction/training for the officer who made poor decisions that led to deadly-force. We want to stop deadly-force before it gets to that point.

For example, if an officer steps in harms way in front of a vehicle they created a situation where they might feel justified in shooting at the moving vehicle. Instead, officers should maintain a safe position rather than precipitating unneeded risk that leads to possible injury or death.

The PPB police chief and police oversight system do not evaluate whether an officer who uses deadly force followed training and policy in events leading up to their use of deadly force. That's where officers should be de-escalating and not making tactical decisions that create more danger.

16% of the sample made recordings but FAILED to document their recordings in their reports. Two officers stopped and restarted their bodycams during an interaction and both officers FAILED to report, as required, why they stopped the recording. It seems real sloppy over at PPB. 3/

Of the cops in the sample who couldn't reasonably notify the public that they were being recorded, 0.0% followed policy by later notifying people that they're being recorded. It seems like the police don't want the public to realize they're recording evidence to be used against you. 2/

How are the Portland Police doing with their bodycams? Well, only 6 of 19 officers in a random sample, who could've feasibly notified the public that they're being recorded, did notify them, as they're required to do. 68.4% of the cops FAILED to follow bodycam policy. 1/

Sharing from the Vancouver Police Department: On Monday afternoon , an officer observed a male subject illegally crossing NE Fourth Plain Boulevard in the Ogden neighborhood, walking southbound across multiple lanes of traffic. Several vehicles were forced to slow down to avoid striking the individual, creating a hazardous situation. Due to the high-risk nature of jaywalking in a busy area, Officer Briley attempted to contact the subject to educate him on the dangers involved. The individual refused to stop, became combative, and then fled on foot, nearly being struck by another vehicle. The suspect was located at a nearby auto dealership where he refused to comply with commands and repeatedly reached into his backpack, refusing to drop it. A Taser was deployed to safely take him into custody. The suspect, Armando Sanchez Saldana, was booked into the Clark County Jail on the following charges: 🔹Assault in the Third Degree (RCW 9A.36.031) 🔹Intimidating a Public Servant (RCW 9A.76.180) 🔹Resisting Arrest (RCW 9A.76.040) 🔹Obstructing a Law Enforcement Officer (RCW 9A.76.020) 🔹District Court Warrant – Failure to Appear (Unlawful Camping) 🔹Taking a Motor Vehicle Without Permission 🔹Infraction – Crossing at Other Than Crosswalks (RCW 46.61.240) So… yes. We do arrest/cite people for jaywalking, and much more. 🫡 Crosswalks exist for a reason.

Vancouver, WA police showed a bodycam video of them trying to stop a pedestrian who jaywalked and instead of waiting around the be lectured, the man started walking off. The cop decided to escalate and caused the exact danger to traffic and the pedestrian the cop was purportedly preventing.

White van with words written on the window: "You have the right to remain running!! joinportlandpolice.com"

Portland Police has a Hood to Coast team. Really poor taste considering they just settled a $3.75 million lawsuit for shooting and killing an innocent Black man in the back as he was running away. The PPB doesn't value your right to run, they may just shoot you in the back and get away with it.

I wish I could advise people to file complaints with IPR and give them some hope that it will have a satisfying result but... Even if you have a great case with good evidence of serious misconduct, the most you could hope for is the cop quits during the investigation and becomes a Beaverton cop.

Twenty-five officers were disciplined in 2024 and nine resigned, retired, or separated from the Bureau before discipline was imposed. Most officers received command counseling and employment was terminated for two officers.

In 2024, the "Independent" Police Review received a total of 224 complaints against Portland police. What happens if you complain? The odds aren't good that the cop will be disciplined. A handful get a stern talking-to or suspended for a day or two. 2 got fired but 9 left the PPB before discipline.

The FIT stops Black people at a rate of 7.9 times that of their demographic make-up in Portland.
The FIT stops white people at a rate of 0.39 times that of their demographic make-up in Portland.
This is not possible without some major white supremacist bias behind these stops.

Table 22. City of Portland Race by Police Precinct, 2020 Black citywide: 5.8%, white citywide: 75.7% Table 23. City of Portland Ethnicity by Police Precinct, 2020 Hispanic or Latino citywide: 9.8%, not Hispanic or Latino citywide: 90.2%.

For reference, here's the race and ethnicity make-up of Portland.
Citywide Black: 5.8%, white: 75.7%, Hispanic or Latino: 9.8%

Table 50. FIT officers were significantly more likely to stop drivers for involvement in a Non-Traffic crime than other units and divisions. Table 51. Drivers from different perceived race / ethnic groups were stopped for similar reasons by FIT personnel in 2024.

There's some really "interesting" data in this report. For instance, 78% of the "gang task force's" stops were solely for traffic violations and it just so happened that 47.4% of those traffic stops were Black people and only 28.2% were white. How the hell does that happen without racial profiling?

Here's the link to the Portland Police STOPS Data Collection 2024 Annual Report: www.portland.gov/police/open-...

There should really be some independent groups looking into the racial disparities and the PPB, particularly the FIT because the police just don't f'n care about racial bias driving their organization.

Table 49. FIT officers stopped significantly more Black / African American drivers than other officers from other divisions. Chart showing rates of stops of Black people increase each year by about 5% and stops of white people decreased each year by about 6%.

The 2024 PPB annual STOPS report came out last week. Overall, the police have INCREASED their disproportionate stops of Black and Hispanic people in Portland. The worst offender is the Focused Intervention Team. 46% of their stops were Black people and 21% Hispanic or Latino.

Police Bureau Terminates Consulting Contract With Former Employee A no-bid contract between the Portland Police Bureau and one of its former employees will end early. During a May 16 phone call, Portland Police Chief Bob Day said that after questions from the Mercur...

Chief Bob Day is in the news again. www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/06...

Training Captain Bob Day revealed a few concerning items. First, the Advanced Academy where Portland supplements state training has been reduced from 14 weeks to 10 to rush 100 or so new recruits through the process. Second, six to ten people are developing a secondary class about “implicit bias.” Day says they are trying to avoid speaking directly about race to keep officers from becoming defensive. This makes little sense if there are difficult discussions going on, and leads to the question— are any of the Training officers people of color?

Back in 2018 Training Captain Bob Day (now chief) helped develop the implicit bias training for the police but didn't want to talk about race because the cops might get too defensive.
Here's some analysis from Portland Copwatch.

What is considered a "non-traffic offense" where an officer stops a vehicle and hinders their free movement? Would it be related to a separate investigation? Stopping someone to question them about a crime that happened previously?

I mean, it's not even possible to have 536% of all stops be white people.

I keep wondering if maybe the police and former Mayor Wheeler created the FIT specifically to target Black people in Portland. Imagine the outcry if a special task force was created and they stopped white people at 8x the rate of their demographic?

What does "pred." stand for in the chart? Prediction?

Here's the Focused Intervention Team's (FIT, newest rendition of the gang task force) STOPS data from 2023. They actually stop more Black people than white people for traffic violations. That's quite the accomplishment - almost like they're using traffic violations as a pretext to stop Black people.

Chart from Q1 2025

The use-of-force data for PPB also indicates that the police are 5x as likely to use force on Black people in Portland than their white counterparts. Portland is about 6% Black and 67% white but 31.3% of the uses of force were against Black people.

Table 5. Race of Drivers Stopped by Non-Traffic Officers, Citywide Race/Ethnicity Count Percent American Indian or Alaskan Native 30 0.6% Asian 201 4.3% Black or African American 1,021 22.0% Hispanic or Latino 846 18.2% Middle Eastern 98 2.1% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 33 0.7% White 2,407 51.9% Total 4,636 100.0%

The STOPS data for PPB is the same as it's always been where Black drivers are about 3x as likely to be stopped by the police as white people. The police try to excuse disproportionate stops by saying Black people drive into Portland from the suburbs but don't white people also drive in?

Damn. It's about time we have some city councilors who have the strength to question the wealthy class narrative for government of subsidies for the rich and austerity measures for the poor. We can make Portland a great community by caring for its people.