You can help to Shape the Future of the Portland Police Bureau!
The Portland Police Bureau is in the early stages of developing its Strategic Plan for the next five years and would like your help.
To participate in this survey, please click the link below. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Russian. All responses will be kept confidential and identifying information will be kept private. Please provide your input by Friday, November 30th, 2018.
Bi-monthly East Portland Involved Citizens (EPIC) Meeting
When: Wednesday November 28, 2018, 6:00-8:00PM
Where: East Precinct Community Room (737 SE 106th Ave, 97216)
Keynote presentation: Portland Police Bureau’s Air Support Unit
When criminals flee from the police they sometimes evade the patrol officers who are pursuing them.
Join East Portland Involved Citizens (EPIC) when Portland Police Bureau’s Chief Pilot, Sergeant Josh Goldschmidt, will answer these and other questions as he explains the workings of the Air Support Unit.
Other agenda items:
Bring a friend or neighbor!
From Mayor Wheeler’s Office:
As the 2018-2019 budget season is well underway, the Mayor’s Office would like to encourage our constituents with public safety concerns to give testimony in support of Portland Police Bureau’s budget request. Public safety in our community is in jeopardy.
The bureau is requesting funds for 93 additional sworn officers, and nine additional non-sworn professional positions. These requests support the Mayor’s key priorities of increasing public safety and police accountability, maintaining the City’s critical infrastructure, and enhancing livability. The bureau’s requests for additional ongoing resources will advance the bureau’s mission and goals to provide 21st Century Policing services, to support organizational excellence and inclusion, and to rebuild police units so they can better deliver community policing to all residents.
Staffing within the PPB has been a critical issue for the bureau for many years, and there are several factors that impact this issue: recruitment and hiring, attrition and number of officers.
There are the fewer officers in the bureau as there were a decade ago, despite a 10 percent increase in Portland’s population. This request would increase the number of officer positions by approximately 10 percent–on par with Portland’s growth.
The Portland Police Bureau continues to face challenges in patrol staffing, which has led to declining response times. In the last five years, total 911 call volume has increased by over 22%. These calls include a 97% increase in stolen vehicle calls, 64% increase in unwanted persons calls and a 32% increase in disorder calls.
Without an increase in staffing, the response time for these calls will only grow, threatening the safety of all Portlanders. We urge constituents with any public safety concerns to voice their support for this proposed budget.
Your voice in this conversation is essential, and we urge constituents to either submit written testimony, contact city commissioners or attend one of the upcoming community budget events:
Community Budget Forums
April 17, 2018, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Roosevelt High School
6941 N Central St, 97203
Bus lines 44 and 75
Most testimony by random drawing
Budget Committee Hearings
May 10, 2018, 6:00pm – 8:30pm, hearing to receive public testimony
Council Chambers, Portland City Hall
1221 SW 4th Ave., Portland, OR 97204
May 16, 2018, 2:00pm, Council Action to approve City Budget, testimony heard
Council Chambers, Portland City Hall
1221 SW 4th Ave., Portland, OR 97204
Utility Rate Review
May 17, 2018 (first reading), 2:00pm, second reading May 23, 2018, time TBD
Council Chambers, Portland City Hall
1221 SW 4th Ave., Portland, OR 97204
TSCC Public Hearing
June 6, 2018, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Rose Room, Portland City Hall
1221 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97204
Council Action to Adopt Budget
June 7, 2018, 2:00pm
Council Chambers, Portland City Hall
1221 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97204
EPIC meeting, Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 6:00PM
East Precinct Community Room located at 737 SE 106th Ave 97216
Keynote speaker: Chief Danielle Outlaw
She will discuss her policing philosophy, and how it will influence the Portland Police Bureau. Listen to her share her ideas about the present state of Portland policing, and her vision for the future.
Other agenda items:
Bring a friend or neighbor!
The Neighborhood Training by the East Precinct Neighborhood Response Team (NRT) Sgt. Teig, is designed to provide information, resources, and materials available to mitigate public safety and livability issues in East Precinct neighborhoods.
Training Dates:
Trainings are held at the East Precinct Community Room located at 737 SE 106th Ave, Portland, OR 97216.
About the training: This training is geared towards community members, who will then be able to train/share this information with other neighbors. The purpose of the training is to equip you with the tools necessary to train and engage your respective community members regarding East Precinct initiatives about public safety and livability issues. The training is designed to provide information and materials needed to navigate the different resources available for mitigating these issues.
To attend, RSVP to Marianna Lomanto, Crime Prevention Coordinator at Office of Neighborhood Involvement.
Commander Brian Parman opened the meeting with information about the progress in hiring new officers for the bureau. Although nearly 100 people have been hired there are still open positions and it takes 18 month from the beginning of training until an officer is working independently.
Captain Mike Crebs gave a riveting presentation on the Traffic Division. The majority of officers assigned to traffic are motorcycle qualified. These motor officers go through a two week training course in which 50% of those beginning don’t qualify. Once qualified and
Once assigned to the Traffic Division the motorcycle officers usually work afternoon shift and are paid hazardous duty pay. They take their motorcycles home with them and are responsible for their upkeep.
The Traffic Division writes thousands of citations and warnings throughout the year to try to keep the city streets safe and decrease the number of accidents. The division also has a Major Crash Team that is responsible for investigating serious and fatal crashes.
Along with their other duties motorcycle officers work special events, such as parades, athletic events, free speech gatherings.
It is the focus of the Traffic Division to eliminate pedestrian deaths and fatal crashes by 2025 through Vision Zero. Special attention is being paid to High Crash Corridors and drunk or impaired drivers.
He also provided a list of red light and fixed speed cameras (see below):
Red Light Cameras:
Fixed Speed Camera Locations:
Lieutenant Jason Pearce, who loved the many years he spent working with police dogs, ended the meeting by reminding all of us that the Canine Unit is also an important part of the Traffic Division – if not the most important!
EPIC’s next meeting will be held on March 28, 2018. Join them at that time to Meet the New Chief. Chief Danielle Outlaw will be their keynote speaker. She will share her ideas on the state of the city of Portland and her philosophy of policing in the 21st Century.
Join EPIC for their bi-monthly meeting!
Wednesday January 24, 2018 at 6:00PM
East Precinct Community Room (727 SE 106th Ave, 97216)
Keynote Presentation: PPB Traffic Division
Most of us drive to get to where we want to go. Usually we feel safe on the road, but who do we expect to help us when something goes wrong? Who investigates serious vehicular injuries and fatal collisions? Who enforces DUII laws and major traffic crimes? Who provides traffic control for parades, demonstrations and motorcades?
Captain Mike Crebs will address these and other questions about the Portland Police Bureau’s Traffic Division on Wednesday January 24th.
Other agenda items:
Vision for East Precinct
Name Recognition Interaction
Please bring a friend or neighbor. This is a meeting that you won’t want to miss! For more information, contact Dave Smith at Dave.Smith@portlandoregon.gov.
Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood Association 