For example, people like to shit on Portland for being a war-torn leftist hellscape, but they’re just hateful bigoted liars. Portland actually cares <3 (our cops don’t tho… fuck 'em)
a new system of first responders – teams of medics and peer support specialists with training in de-escalation who can respond with compassion to 911 calls about people struggling with homelessness and behavioral health crises.
Don’t even give the pigs a chance to shoot an innocent! Call Portland Street Response!
Posted on April 26, 2022: A report on the first year of Portland Street Response was presented to City Council today. Here are a few random tidbits from the report:
<span style="color:#323232;">89% of calls to PSR required no further help from Police or Fire.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">65% of calls to PSR involved someone experiencing homelessness.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">None of the calls to PSR resulted in any arrests.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">PSR staff followed up with 44 clients, making a total of 437 visits, helping them with housing applications, benefits referrals, and shelter referrals.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Nine clients found permanent housing thanks to PSR.
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here was the initial plan: portlandstreetresponse.org/…/Portland-Street-Resp…Since it’s initial pilots in 2019, it expanded to city-wide coverage in 2022. These things are possible within our communities we just need to push for the change!
I’ve been hoping more cities take Portland’s path, and it looks like that is finally happening!