Portland Gives Police $207K And An Hour To Clear Street Takeovers

Most grant money goes to police overtime, not surveillance hardware. Officers have four missions and a one-hour clearance goal. City documents describe static takeover-site cameras, not only deployable units. Street takeovers and sideshows are an issue across the U.S. Different cities handle them in dramatically different ways, and Portland is no different. It just approved a $207,411 state grant to combat the issue. When takeovers happen in the near future, local law enforcement will have more officers, more equipment, and more technology to shut them down. Police also have a deadline, now, to eliminate the takeover in less than an hour from the time of the call. var adpushup =…

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