Chief Day talks PPB budget and potential cuts
During his sit down on Eye on Northwest Politics, Portland police Chief Bob Day weighed in on City Council budget discussions, which has tentatively approved a $8.5 billion city budget with one topic seeing pushback from different sides: Moving $2 million to either police or parks.
Mayor Keith Wilson has said he wants to give the bureau another $2 million to reduce overtime and hire more officers. However, City Council is considering giving the money to the Parks & Recreation Bureau for maintenance.
'You know, sometimes positioning like parks against police, I don't think is a good thing. We really shouldn't be seeing ourselves as one bureau versus another bureau. It really is one city,' Day said, adding 'The impact around public safety though does really begin with law enforcement and the police bureau.'
Day also discusses the city's sanctuary status amid pushback from federal authorities and the Trump administration's deportation plans.
Watch the full interview in the video above.
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