"Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt said Portland Police Bureau officers will have to contact a person three times to offer services before anyone is given a citation. If someone doesn’t comply, they could face a $100 fine or 30 days in jail.
A fine seems a little bit pointless to somebody who’s indigent and can’t pay for anything as well,” Schmidt said.
Schmidt also said he doesn’t see people facing any jail time for violating the ban.
“I’ve said this over and over again, you know, a jail bed is our most expensive housing option in our community I think it’s $314 a day or something like that and it’s the least effective at long term stabilization so it’s not a cure, it should not be a housing substitute,” he said.
Plus, he said it would be a challenging process to build a case for a misdemeanor.
You’re talking about three different officers that, theoretically, if this somehow couldn’t be resolved, and we didn’t connect the person to services and we went to trial, now all three of those officers have to come in and talk about their interaction, have their police report and remember what they offered and what that looked like and that those services were actually available. So, I think it’s a work-intensive process for enforcing a city ordinance and I know that’s a concern PPB has,” Schmidt said.
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A person was faint headed on the bus. There, in the photo, the woman in a white blouse and head covering. The bus driver calls 911.
They walked to the ambulance, two paramedics, watched by a Cavalry of 7-8 Firemen who arrived in an articulated bus 50 feet long.
The Hospital on NW 23rd is 6 blocks away.
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$700/hour of labor going thru the motions in a $2million dollar Firetruck, with the $750,000 ambulance .
Wonder why Portland Street Response is targeted by Portland Firefighter Union?
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