Portland Police Badge. February 04, Follow PortlandPolice. Portland Police Bureau reassigns officers and sergeants to reduce overtime costs.
Today the Portland Police Bureau is reassigning officers and sergeants to its three precincts in an effort to reduce overtime costs. In December, the Portland Police Bureau announced it was making plans to return officers to the three police precincts as part of a Bureau-wide reorganization. The stated purpose for that reorganization was to Pollce to reduce significant overtime costs associated with staffing the minimum number of officers daily on patrol shifts.
Before this reorganization, every shift at every precinct typically has to hire officers on overtime to reach this minimum number, which Stratefies by precinct and shift. Due to the fact that the bureau has its lowest number of sworn employees in click 25 years sworn membersand because of enormous costs associated with events ofthe Bureau took this step to save money. This reorganization is not related to shootings or call time response, although those are important topics.
Whatever strategies the bureau and its partners in law enforcement may apply to those problems, will be separate from this reorganization. The reorganization will be implemented on today, February 4, It should be noted that 38 sworn members either retired or resigned from the bureau in the month of January A total of members who have left the Bureau's employment since July 1, 37 resignations and 73 retirements. Tweets by PortlandPolice.]
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