Thanks, Mayor Potter
Here's a big breakthrough -- the police precincts in Portland are now open 'til midnight, for the first time in more than five years. Kudos to the mayor for bringing a small hint of common sense into the priorities picture at City Hall. As he told KGW:
“One of the things I heard during the campaign and I've heard since is that many people, many of them women, driving home from work late at night wanted a place to go if they were driving down the street and someone that think is following them, that they can pull into the precinct parking lot .. the precinct lights are on, the doors open and they can go in and get help," Potter said.After midnight, for now we suggest the drive-through window at Wendy's.
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Comments (8)
Hey - Shari's is open 24/7. Too bad Portland's so busy diverting money to trams and trains that they can't keep the cop-shops open.
Posted by Max | March 8, 2007 7:19 PM
It's been that way for years. At least Potter's got some of it going back in the right direction.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 8, 2007 7:29 PM
...so busy diverting money to trams and trains...
Of course, very little of that money is discretionary general fund money.
(Which isn't to say there's isn't an issue. If we're going to run around pursuing non-discretionary money, there's probably non-discretionary money for things like police precincts we could be chasing.)
Posted by b!X | March 8, 2007 7:41 PM
Please let's not go there again. The city subsidy of the streetcar and tram alone is well over a million a year -- probably closer to two million. It's all property taxes.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 8, 2007 7:50 PM
yes five years of visioning and committee's to figure out people want quality police service. I wonder how much of the money spent on the visioning project could have been spent on keeping police stations open later?
Posted by gl | March 9, 2007 10:04 AM
Hey, don't knock the visioning. It gave people a chance to tell the Council that we hate what they're doing to Portland. Now they have to deal with that. Too funny.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 9, 2007 10:08 AM
I never understood what the big deal is because I've never walked-up to a precinct (other than to turn myself in). Is there an actual need to pay a customer service person to sit at a front desk til midnight? Are these clerks just going to read a book waiting for this paranoid driver to walk-in?
Besides the hold time, I've never had a problem getting a dispatcher or a police officer through the non-emergency number, 503.823.3333, after-hours.
Posted by Norm! | March 9, 2007 10:16 AM
I've never had a problem getting a dispatcher or a police officer through the non-emergency number, 503.823.3333, after-hours.
Really? I've gotten dispatchers right away, but I've waited hours for somebody to come out if it's a nonemergency.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 9, 2007 10:24 AM