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Study says drug decriminalization in Oregon did not cause more overdose deaths (www.opb.org)

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Arrests didn't go up because cops stopped doing their jobs in 2020:

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-mayor-police-chief-news-conference-policing-changes/283-7c4e2427-d844-440e-acad-ed0e46e68a8d

https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/08/31/mayor-calls-rebukes-portland-police-bureaus-claims-of-understaffing-bullshit/

https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-changes-city-police-bureau/

[-] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

We should just fire them all, ban their b/s union. And start fresh

[-] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Camden, NJ cleaned house and dissolved its municipal police department when corruption and the lack of accountability became too much of an issue to deal with. Policing services are now performed by the county.

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