We get the reports daily and there is a shooting every day if not more than one in North and NE Portland, Gresham, Troutdale. They actually could stop it but they do not.
Watch now in the near future there will be another tax levy coming down for Police or Jails. They cannot get those passed with putting the fear into the people. The gangs won't stop until the people get fed up enough to make government stop it, or the citizens just do it themselves.
This could have been stopped over 30 years ago.
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GANG VIOLENCE INVESTIGATIONS SURPASS PREVIOUS RECORDS - COMMUNITY HELP NEEDED TO STOP THE VIOLENCE (PHOTO)
News Release from Portland Police Bureau
Posted on FlashAlert: September 2nd, 2015 3:40 PMDownloadable file: <broken link removed>
In 2015, the Portland Police Bureau's Gang Enforcement Team (GET) has responded to investigate 121 incidents of gang violence, with the overwhelming majority of these incidents involving gunfire.
This exceeds all previous years in which this type of record has been kept by the Portland Police Bureau, and there are still four months to go in the year. While it is not possible to accurately compare 2015 to the mid-1990s, when gang violence was rampant in the City of Portland, we know that this year communities are experiencing gunfire on a regular basis.
So far this year, officers assigned to the Tactical Operations Division (which includes GET, the Gun Task Force and the multi-jurisdictional Metro Gang Task Force) have seized 137 firearms as evidence in criminal cases. This number is expected to rise and exceed 2014 (139 total) and 2013 (145 total) by year's end.
In the past five years, GET has investigated nearly 600 violent crimes associated to gang activity:
2011 - 103
2012 - 118
2013 - 106
2014 - 109
2015 - 121 (through 09/01/15 - compared to 89, same time, in 2014)
In June of this year, Chief Lawrence P. O'Dea III added six police officers to GET and a non-sworn crime analyst, to assist with the effort to address gang violence.
"Gang officers and detectives are actively working these cases and have made several arrests," said Chief Lawrence P. O'Dea, III. "There are still a number of unsolved shootings and we continue to see a high level of gang activity. We are working with our youth violence prevention partners and we are asking community members to come forward with information as well as support local city and community efforts to prevent gang and gun violence."
The Portland Police Bureau works closely with Enough is Enough PDX, a community-led campaign aimed at encouraging people to take a stand against gang violence in the area.
For more information about Enough is Enough PDX and how you can get involved, please visit https://www.facebook.com/EnoughIsEnoughPDX
Additional information about Enough is Enough PDX and other City efforts addressing youth violence can be found at the Office of Youth Violence Prevention, http://www.portlandonline.com/safeyouth/
Crime Stoppers of Oregon offers cash rewards of up to $1,000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in any unsolved felony, and tipsters can remain anonymous.
Submit an anonymous tip:
Text 823HELP, followed by the tip to 274637
Online at http://crimestoppersoforegon.com/submit_online_tip.php
Call 503-823-HELP (4357)
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Watch now in the near future there will be another tax levy coming down for Police or Jails. They cannot get those passed with putting the fear into the people. The gangs won't stop until the people get fed up enough to make government stop it, or the citizens just do it themselves.
This could have been stopped over 30 years ago.
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GANG VIOLENCE INVESTIGATIONS SURPASS PREVIOUS RECORDS - COMMUNITY HELP NEEDED TO STOP THE VIOLENCE (PHOTO)
News Release from Portland Police Bureau
Posted on FlashAlert: September 2nd, 2015 3:40 PMDownloadable file: <broken link removed>
In 2015, the Portland Police Bureau's Gang Enforcement Team (GET) has responded to investigate 121 incidents of gang violence, with the overwhelming majority of these incidents involving gunfire.
This exceeds all previous years in which this type of record has been kept by the Portland Police Bureau, and there are still four months to go in the year. While it is not possible to accurately compare 2015 to the mid-1990s, when gang violence was rampant in the City of Portland, we know that this year communities are experiencing gunfire on a regular basis.
So far this year, officers assigned to the Tactical Operations Division (which includes GET, the Gun Task Force and the multi-jurisdictional Metro Gang Task Force) have seized 137 firearms as evidence in criminal cases. This number is expected to rise and exceed 2014 (139 total) and 2013 (145 total) by year's end.
In the past five years, GET has investigated nearly 600 violent crimes associated to gang activity:
2011 - 103
2012 - 118
2013 - 106
2014 - 109
2015 - 121 (through 09/01/15 - compared to 89, same time, in 2014)
In June of this year, Chief Lawrence P. O'Dea III added six police officers to GET and a non-sworn crime analyst, to assist with the effort to address gang violence.
"Gang officers and detectives are actively working these cases and have made several arrests," said Chief Lawrence P. O'Dea, III. "There are still a number of unsolved shootings and we continue to see a high level of gang activity. We are working with our youth violence prevention partners and we are asking community members to come forward with information as well as support local city and community efforts to prevent gang and gun violence."
The Portland Police Bureau works closely with Enough is Enough PDX, a community-led campaign aimed at encouraging people to take a stand against gang violence in the area.
For more information about Enough is Enough PDX and how you can get involved, please visit https://www.facebook.com/EnoughIsEnoughPDX
Additional information about Enough is Enough PDX and other City efforts addressing youth violence can be found at the Office of Youth Violence Prevention, http://www.portlandonline.com/safeyouth/
Crime Stoppers of Oregon offers cash rewards of up to $1,000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in any unsolved felony, and tipsters can remain anonymous.
Submit an anonymous tip:
Text 823HELP, followed by the tip to 274637
Online at http://crimestoppersoforegon.com/submit_online_tip.php
Call 503-823-HELP (4357)
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