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Commissioner Ryan at a Portland Fire & Rescue Ceremony speaking with two Portland Police Bureau officers in front of a Fire van and a bike lane.

Commissioner Ryan believes that community safety is a shared responsibility across City Council, and he knows it impacts every person who lives, works, worships, and plays in Portland. Commissioner Ryan is focused on building trust between impacted communities and law enforcement, investing in frontline community organizations to address root causes, creating and maintaining alignment in our public safety bureaus, expanding data-driven, nimble first responder systems, and advocating for increased mental and behavioral health services and infrastructure for all Oregonians.

Community safety is paramount, and we are making progress. 

Learn more about Commissioner Ryan's work for a safer Portland: 

Commissioner Dan Ryan and a Portland Park Ranger smiling and posing together at a Portland, Oregon event.
  • Commissioner Ryan works to create the best, most progressive, most nimble, most innovative first responder network in the countryfrom Portland Street Response to Portland Park Rangers, Commissioner Ryan is committed to providing the right responders for the right situations. 
  • Commissioner Ryan championed the broader inclusion of Portland Park Rangers as part of Portland's first responder network.
  • In the spring of 2021, Commissioner Ryan and Commissioner Rubio developed and championed a gun violence reduction initiative that included $6M in funding for nonprofits that work directly with communities impacted by gun violence. 
  • Commissioner Ryan voted to expand Portland Street Response. Learn more about Portland Street Response.  
  • In April of 2021, Commissioner Ryan supported the selection of Mike Myers to serve as the Community Safety Transition Director. In January of 2024, Commissioner Ryan supported Mike Myers' appointment as the Deputy City Administrator for Public Safety. DCA Myers is a seasoned community safety expert who has led Portland Fire & Rescue and the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management. Director Myers is working to create alignment among all public safety bureaus so we can move forward on a comprehensive approach to community safety in Portland. Learn more about Director Myers. 
Commissioner Ryan at a Portland Fire & Rescue Ceremony standing with Portland Fire leadership.
  • Commissioner Ryan supported the latest City Camping Ordinance in Spring 2024 that limits what people can do while camping (like prohibits lighting fires and selling bike parts) and allows for people to be arrested for camping on public property if they refuse multiple offers of shelter. Commissioner Ryan worked to ensure this policy offers people services prior to involving law enforcement and continues to work toward aligning Portland's camping policy with our neighbors in Gresham. "Portland unanimously passes new regulations for camping on public property," Portland Public Camping Ordinance.
  • Commissioner Ryan supported the repeal of Measure 110 following the failed implementation of this state effort to decriminalize drugs in Oregon. "Measure 110 rollback passes House: Oregonians ‘ready for this misguided experiment to be over.’"
  • Commissioner Ryan supported adding back Portland Police Bureau officers who have left the force as an interim step to address the community safety crises Portland is facing, and he supports incentivizing younger, more diverse officers who have left to return to the job. 
Commissioner Ryan speaking at a 2024 Portland Police Bureau Swearing In Ceremony in Portland Oregon
  • Commissioner Ryan attends every Portland Police Bureau swearing-in ceremony to welcome new, diverse officers to the PPB.
  • Commissioner Ryan worked with colleagues on City Council and key community stakeholders for a unanimous vote on a new Downtown Clean & Safe contract.
  • Safe Rest Villages are a critical part of Commissioner Ryan's community safety approach—by connecting Portlanders experiencing homelessness with services, we make housed and unhoused neighbors safer.  
  • Commissioner Ryan's unanimously-passed houselessness ordinance codified the criteria by which camp cleanups and interventions take place. This unprecedented clarification was long overdue and works to create a safer Portland. 
  • Commissioner Ryan championed an ordinance that made it easier for businesses to install exterior security lights and gates during the COVID-19 pandemic—a vital step in stimulating economic recovery in Portland and ensuring the safety of local businesses and customers.
  • Commissioner Ryan has attended ridealongs with members of PPB's Neighborhood Response Team as well as with the community organizations who do gun violence reduction work with impacted communities. 
Commissioner Ryan Portland Street Response Ride Along Group Shot
  • Commissioner Ryan voted in support of the $4.1 million Gun Violence Reduction Grant Ordinance.
  • Commissioner Ryan increased visibility of and progress for gun violence reduction and community safety conversations by partnering with the Office of Violence Prevention and participating in the Gun Violence Reduction Grant Committee. 
  • Commissioner Ryan's office worked with a unified Portland City Council through early 2021 to reduce impacts at the Laurelhurst Park encampment, and—when life safety was threatened—led Council in unanimous action to humanely and effectively remove the encampment. Commissioner Ryan's staff served as City Council Liaison Officer and Civilian Public Information Officer for the intervention, and unhoused Portlanders were offered services and relocated peacefully. Portland Mercury Coverage.
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