City Council to consider making Portland Street Response its own branch, equal to police or fire

Proposal to make Portland Street Response its own standalone unit moves forward

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Portland City Council's Community and Public Safety Committee just passed a resolution to make Portland Street Response its own standalone unit. It now sets the stage for a bigger debate on the future of crisis response across the Rose City. Driver faces manslaughter in UCC team bus crash Care, not cuffs — that's the mission of Portland Street Response. Formed in 2021, Kaia Sand helped launch the initial pilot p…

City Council to consider making Portland Street Response its own branch, equal to police or fire

The Portland City Council’s public safety committee passed a resolution 3-2 Tuesday that would make Portland Street Response, which responds to mental health crises, an independent, co-equal branch of the city’s emergency response system.

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