Portland Adult Entertainment: Portland police seek money to help diversify the ranks as officers retire
by kingofportlandThe bureau is asking the cash-strapped city for $2.2 million in the fiscal year starting in July to fund the new positions. Then, as those retiring leave the force the following year, the department would have money freed up to continue paying the new officers, the department said.
The problem is the city doesn’t have $2.2 million just lying around, said Stacy Jones, with the city’s financial planning division, who advised against approval. And that is only a portion of the bureau’s request for $12 million in additional city funds, separate from its proposed $156 million operating budget.
In addition to seeking new funds for hires, the police department wants $5 million for cameras to be installed in its patrol cars, $1.2 million for a contract with a nonprofit to run a detoxification center and pick-up van for those with chronic alcohol problems and $600,000 for continuing a prostitution-response team.