After a meteoric rise that began with a neighborhood pilot program in 2021, Portland’s unarmed crisis response team faces stiff headwinds and an uncertain future.
PORTLAND, Ore. — After two years of expansion and widespread praise, Portland Street Response has rather suddenly run headlong into uncertainty and strife — putting the program’s future in jeopardy.
The PSR pilot program first launched back in February 2021, operating in just a small part of Southeast Portland. The idea was to send trained workers out to calls involving mental health issues and homelessness, the kind that police are ill-equipped to handle.
It would be better for police, proponents
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