Portland homeless accounted for majority of police arrests in 2017, analysis finds

Jun. 27, 2018
Advance Local Media LLC

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Police Chief Danielle Outlaw have both said that being homeless is not a crime. But last year, one in every two arrests made by the Portland Police Bureau was of a homeless person, an analysis by The Oregonian/OregonLive has found.

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2018/06/portland_homeless_accounted_fo.html

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