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Portland Police Chief Bob Day is the city's worst police leader yet. In September 2023, retired Portland Police officer Robert “Bob” Day was tapped by Mayor/Police Commissioner Ted Wheeler to lead the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) after DEI hire Chuck Lovell, who is black, abruptly demoted himself. It was the latest chapter in a turbulent era for the Bureau. Since Antifa’s rise around 2016, Portland has burned through five police chiefs in nine years — each one failing in their own way, though Danielle Outlaw at least publicly dared to criticize Antifa’s routine violence on the streets. She was never...

Tigard to Portland: Rejoin terrorism task forceBy Geoff Pursinger The Times, Updated Jan 27, 2011 TIGARD — When Portland city officials asked for public comment about joining a task force to fight terrorism, it probably didn’t expect to hear from the city of Tigard. The Tigard City Council approved a resolution, Tuesday, urging the city of Portland to rejoin the Joint Terrorism Task Force, a group that partners the FBI with police and law enforcement agencies across the country. For Tigard City Councilor Nick Wilson the choice is clear: Portland should rejoin. Now. “What’s wrong with Portland?” Wilson said in...