Portland police battle staffing crisis: Only four people have applied to fill 14 vacancies on newly-resurrected anti-gun violence squad because officers are fearful of angry woke mobs that forced its disbandment during BLM riots last summer The 'Focused Intervention Team' has gotten just four applications for 14 spots
A previous anti-gun violence team was dismantled last year after the City Council voted to slash the police budget by $15 million and eliminate 84 positions Since then, homicides have risen to levels last seen in the early 1990s The city has seen increased levels of overall violence since last year's Black Lives Matter protests sparked by police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor Police Chief Chuck Lovell has said filling the new team would 'greatly' impact his officers' ability to do other things By Adam Manno For Dailymail.Com
Published: 22:34 BST, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 22:42 BST, 2 August 2021
A gun violence unit in Portland, Oregon is having trouble recruiting new officers after it was dismantled during last year's calls to defund the police and brought back when gun violence shot up this year.
Since May, only four people have applied to 14 spots on the new Portland Police Department's Focused Intervention Team.
The original Gun Violence Reduction Team was shut down after the Portland City Council voted to cut $15 million from the police budget and eliminate 84 sworn positions last June.
The Portland Police Department had its budget cut by $15M last year
The city has seen increased levels of violence since last year's Black Lives Matters protests. Above, police march through tear gas during the 100th night of protests in September 2020
Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell told KPTV that he's not sure how he's going to fill the remaining positions on the new anti-gun violence team.
'I'm not 100 percent sure yet
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