Find sanctuary city resources from the City of Portland's Immigrant & Refugee Program, including free legal services and state resources for reporting hate crimes, bias incidents, discrimination, and violations of Oregon's sanctuary laws.
PSR is good for the city. We have an inordinate amount of people experiencing homelessness, mental health crises and addiction in this city. With the current looming financial crisis coupled with our obscene rent prices, this can easily escalate within a year or two. When you witness a person in crisis and cannot personally help them, you call for help. A police response could lead to incarceration, injury, trauma, or death. An ambulance or fire response is great for physical and medical emergencies, but not mental health. PSR gives the city the ability to respond appropriately with the interventions, de-escalations , and/or care needed by the person in crisis. You have the opportunity here to allow Portland to fully develop a successful program that could even become precedent in major cities across the country.Please do not fumble this. Always take your primary feedback from PSR employees and the people who have been served by them.
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