PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Concerns over the future of the Portland Street Response program are growing as its cost and effectiveness are being scrutinized. Currently, it falls within Portland Fire ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland Street Response is helping people who can’t escape the Rose City’s latest heat wave. Why a ...

Energy economist Mitch Green and high-ranking Multnomah County staffer Eric Zimmerman were in second and third place after 30 rounds of voting, but with just 38% of the votes tallied, their races ...

Next week, Portland voters elect a new mayor and 12 new city councilors. Many of those candidates have made public safety a ...

After nearly 12,000 people called for the expansion of Portland Street Response, the future of the program remains unclear. The city program has been tasked with responding to people in a mental ...

My approach will focus on fostering collaboration between Portland Street Response and the Portland Police Bureau without increasing police presence. Instead, I will strengthen efforts against ...

Chief Day is set to give an update on the response to potential political tension in a Q&A session on Wednesday.

Each of the candidates broadly indicated that they supported the Portland Street Response program, which offers an unarmed response for calls involving non-violent behavioral health issues.

One person was extricated from the area, according to Portland Fire Division Chief Sean Donaghue. Police said a man was taken ...

This story has been updated to note that this week's Council discussion has been canceled. A day after an election showing ...