PDX Police Request 'Emergency' Purchase of 'Less-Lethal' Munitions Often Used Against Protestors

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Further Information:

• Most recent quarterly report of PPB stockpile of 'less-lethal' munitions and crowd-control equipment (included at top of this week's article)

• Emergency Ordinance Request from PPB for Munitions and Shields Purchase [5/27/24]

• City of Portland Adopts 2020 Resolution requiring PPB request approval for purchases of this nature [12/9/20]

• Office of Management and Finance Notice of Sole Procurement [4/2/24]

• Per the OMF Notice, the only shields that fit PPB's requested specs (discussed in episode as being on a dolly and possessing a gun mount)

• Today's (5/29/24) City Council Agenda and video live stream [City of Portland]

• Timeline of Events of PSU Protests [PSU Vanguard]

• Local reporting (from court documentation resulting from arrests) about the 5/23 medical emergency involving Campus Police Chief Willie Halliburton [KGW, 5/24/24]

• Coverage from PSU Student Journalists about the 5/23 medical emergency with Chief Halliburton [PSU Vanguard, 5/23/24]

Episode Credits:

Reporting: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter + K. Rambo, Street Roots Editor-in-Chief

Interview: Jeremiah Hayden, Street Roots Reporter

Host & Producer: Nina Dabit, XRAY.FM Development Manager

Post-Production & Editing:  Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio