America’s crime-ridden capital of Portland is already on track to surpass last year’s record homicide rate, with homicide rates up more than 10% from 2021.
- Since the start of 2022, the Oregon metropolitan area has already seen 22 homicides, up from 19 during the same period last year.
- If he maintains the same pace, there could be around 130 murders in Portland this year, again breaking the city’s record for most murders.
- There were 92 homicides in Portland last year, beating the 1987 record of 70. There were about 102 homicides last year.
- All crime in Portland has gone up, with total crimes up from 9,600 in 2020 to 10,200 in 2021, almost six percent.
- Portland has seen an increase in crime due to protests over the death of George Floyd.
- In the first six months after Floyd’s death, the city saw a 250 percent increase in homicides and nearly 175 percent in shootings.
- The Portland Police Department is partnering with outreach programs and has created a new Targeted Intervention Team to combat gun violence.
Portland already on track to surpass last year’s record homicide rate, the homicide rate is up 10 percent as the progressive politics of America’s most awakened city fight to contain violence. a crime.
The liberal Pacific Northwest bastion ended February with 22 homicides this year — up from 19 in 2021 — and should hit about 130 homicides by December, according to the agency. Oregon.
The city that slashed its police budget after protests against George Floydmurders, set a record last year with 92 murders, the highest since 1987, when there were 70 murders.
The Portland Police Bureau has suffered a string of retirements and resignations after Portland politicians backed calls to end police funding. Initially, a total of $15 million was cut from the city budget, and progressive prosecutors in Portland also blamed the rise in crime on the failure to file charges against 70 percent of people arrested by city police.
The record-breaking violence comes despite the police department introducing a new targeted intervention team that took to the streets in January. The team is formed to combat gun violence and the proliferation of deadly weapons in a city where about 75 percent of victims die as a result of gun violence.
Portland has already had 22 homicides since the start of 2022, up from 19 in the same period last year, and is projected to have around 130 by the end of December. 92 murders were committed, breaking the 34-year-old record of 70 murders in 1987.
The unit was initially met with backlash as some believed the police were resurrecting a gun violence reduction group that had been accused of racial profiling, but police chief Chuck Lovell assured the public that the team would focus on guns and not gangs.
The police department also works with community violence programs, including the Crisis Response Team, a group of interns who respond to calls about critical incidents of death or other traumatic events, among other things, to “organize resources and focus attention to chronic offenders and a place to solve neighbors’ problems.
“We want to see people start getting the resources they need so they don’t turn to violence. And then, hopefully, we will start to see not only our kills, but the number of shootings as well,” Assistant Chief of Police Jamie Resh told The Oregonian.
Other groups include Girl Strength, a self-defense class for girls aged 10 to 14, the African American Advisory Council, and the American Muslim Police Advisory Committee.
“We’re trying to take a holistic approach, knowing that we can’t just give law enforcement a punitive response,” Resch said.
An integrated approach has not yet yielded results.
In addition to the rising murder rate, the city also saw a significant number of shootings in the first two months of the year, with a total of 264, up from 190 during the same time last year. The number of gun-related injuries also increased to 68 from 64.
The Portland Police Department also said that of the 22 murders this year, all but one involved a firearm. The 21st murder in Portland took place in Dawson Park during the day, the third murder in the past 15 months.
The Portland Police Department is partnering with outreach programs to hopefully reduce the risk of crime in a city that has skyrocketed since the death of George Floyd. The city saw a 250 percent increase in homicides in the first six months after Floyd’s death, with shootings up nearly 175 percent.
In Portland, shootings and murders have skyrocketed since Floyd’s death. The city saw a 250 percent increase in homicides in the first six months after Floyd’s death, with shootings up nearly 175 percent.
In 2019, there were only 36 murders in Portland, but in 2020 the number increased to 57 and in 2021 to 92, breaking the historical record.
Violent crime has skyrocketed throughout Pink City, with assaults, kidnappings, and rapes skyrocketing.
The total number of crimes rose from 9,600 in 2020 to 10,200 in 2021, an increase of almost six percent.