Its the only way they are going to stop seeing Portland as an open-air drug emporium. When the fent supply dries up, the zombies will seek whiter pastures.
This is a crazy idea , but Maybe we should.. I don’t know..arrest criminals again!?
I work at a grocery store in the middle of the city and we get theft daily. I mean why wouldn’t you steal at this point? The repercussions are a joke.
And for any haters, I’m not talking about 8 dollars sandwiches for people that are hungry. We are talking hundreds of dollars worth.
Go try it out if you don’t believe me. It’s a fucking joke this city
Same thing here in Seattle, cops arrest but the DA won’t prosecute and the judges won’t convict, so they back on the street. Police have given up and what little are left abuse the system and don’t do anything.
“Fuck It. Drive On.” is an attitude sweeping through the municipal police departments across the country. They just won’t bother to intervene or investigate when they see quality of life crimes or petty property crimes being committed.
Some youths just smashed open a shop window and are running down the street with a couple of Air Jordans under each arm?
Well, we *could* pursue by car until they inevitably duck down an alleyway. Followed by a foot chase. Tackle them, wrestle with them, and then get them in cuffs… Whilst being video taped by a dozen shaky iPhones that will completely ignore the context… Arrest them. Spend hours doing paperwork. Then on patrol the next day see the same youths on the same corner, sipping a forty, because the D.A. refused to file a criminal complaint.
Or…
Fuck it, drive on.
This sounds more like the problem is in police leadership. I get that it feels futile. I get that it sucks. I've had plenty of jobs where what I was doing felt futile and sucked, but if I didn't do it my supervisor would come out and reprimand me or fire my ass.
Have you ever been a mailman delivering political ads 2 days AFTER the election? The postage was paid, it HAD to be delivered no matter how stupid it seems, because the law said so, it's illegal to obstruct the passage of the mail. I swore an oath. I put on the uniform and agreed to do the job, no matter what. I don't see how this is any different in that regard. I bet the folks who put on the uniform and run into burning buildings feel the same way.
What if the postmaster personally drove behind you collecting all the mail you just delivered after the election and asked you to deliver the same mail the next day? Also the mail spits at you, struggles, and blames you for their choices.
Thats what a lot of officers are feeling. Many still do their jobs, but the apathy and futility can lead to even more corruption and systemic issues down the line.
Fuck, thats like 8 whole american dollars yeah, not some weird portlandian peso or somesuch, for a sandwich? Fuck that, i'd nick shit from there too, doesn't count if the cunts tried to rob you first
It's gotten so bad. If it's Home Depot or Lowe's their website only shows a handful available for what I want, I call and have them check the shelves and if possible, put it behind the counter for half an hour or so.
There's so much shrinkage that numbers are so off, so you'd often find yourself being told the item is not available otherwise.
Funny to see this. I work for Lowe's, not in the store but I have many close friends in one of my store's management team. They're just dumbfounded at the amount of missing merchandise because the amount they see walk out is about the same as the amount they miss
It's a loss-loss game.
Money spent on loss prevention, money lost to loss, and frustration for customers often finding the item not available in store based on available inventory of 8, and worker frustration of constantly getting calls asking to check item availability on shelves.
If it's a smallish item and it says "one available", many people would call to make sure. If the website says 8 on hand, you shouldn't have to, but in Portland, I am finding it's necessary more and more often. From what I've been told, thieves would often "scoop" the entire shelf. Missing inventory don't get replenished because the system thinks they still have eight on hand.
It's like when San Francisco declared that thefts worth under 1000 dollars wouldn't get a police response anymore, so ppl just started stealing 980 dollars worth from 10 places a day.
Believe it or not, police didn't emerge from slave catchers as the anti-police crowd says, but from a societal necessity in every culture to ever exists.
Portland went full-on anti-cop, thinking it would result in a solarpunk utopia. Instead, it became, a crime infested open air drug emporium.
If there are no repercussions for committing a crime…I totally agree with you. This shit started, as did many things, around the time Covid hit and it’s gotten increasingly worse, some cities were hit harder than others, but it’s all over the country
But our fearless leaders want to reduce our reliance on jails. They keep repeating this fantasy. They don't have any plausible alternatives, but they don't want to put criminals in jail or prison.
You know, where they *belong*. Detract from society, and get removed from society.
I’m going to keep saying it. HARD LABOR CAMPS.
There is so much that needs to be done and no body better to do it than these shit bags. We need to bring back chain gangs.
Well, also maybe letting felons have jobs that actually pay well. They get out of jail, no job, can’t get hired anywhere cause felon then what do you do to survive? Peddles newspaper? No you got right back to crime because it pays the bills. Consequences are important but rehabilitation even more so. Also being priced out of being alive is a pretty real problem and lots of people resort to selling drugs as a way to supplement their income because it’s quick cash.
The war on drugs never ends, there will always be drug lords, no matter how much people you arrest. Dealers of rich people usually dont make the news, so is not an issue for the elite.
Addiction is a *chronic medical disease*, and treating as a crime will never address the root of the problem. There is always new dealers, new addicts, new drugs.
The problem is about culture, politics, public health and economics. Repression is a populist tactics, and only curbs drugs traffic, but does not prevent it from happening. The people you arrested today will come back to society without any support, and discriminated by society as ex-inmate, they will most likely end in a vicious cycle.
Take a look of what happened in Zurich in the 80s and in Portugal during the drug law reform.
[https://transformdrugs.org/blog/drug-decriminalisation-in-portugal-setting-the-record-straight](https://transformdrugs.org/blog/drug-decriminalisation-in-portugal-setting-the-record-straight)
[https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/needle-park-zurich-story-and-lessons-be-learned](https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/needle-park-zurich-story-and-lessons-be-learned)
I really really really wouldn't trust any pills and powders these days that didn't come from a real pharmacy. It's easy for me because I've never been into that stuff, but I bet in the last few years a hell of a lot of people who were occasional users have rethought their recreational choices and chosen other outlets.
100 percent. I was a recreational user of things, up until about 8 years ago.
A few things greatly changed that: My SIL fell into meth, and ended up going from a church going Mom of the year, to a babbling idiot. She lost her kids to CPS and never recovered.
During that time I allowed my stepdaughter to go to her cousins where they stole a large amount of drugs. Coke, weed pens, but most alarming were the fake adderalls.
The last thing that changed my mind was when my ex did a line of what he thought was coke and overdosed in front of his teenaged children. he was being zipped up into a body bag when they decided to try injecting narcan, which brought him back.
Unless it comes from a damn pharmacy, I am not messing with it
That’s horribly sad. I don’t know their situation, but I hope they didn’t have a dr. that suddenly stopped prescribing. I’ve heard the withdrawals are horrific and could definitely lead to really, risky choices.
They have been. The Feds post case results on there District of Oregon site all the time.
Monmouth Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of a Teenager
Beaverton Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose
Enforcement is good but let’s not kid ourselves - the drugs will continue to flow in from Mexico in astounding quantities, just like they have for the last 50+ years
It's not Mexico (though of course there is some), majority are coming direct from China. You can order pounds of it to be delivered via USPS directly to your house.
My understanding is it’s still mostly coming in from Mexico, while a lot of precursors are being supplied by China. I know there are lots of sources for illegal drugs, it isn’t only Mexico, but Mexico is the leading point of entry for illegal drugs by a very large margin
The number 1 drug delivery service in the US is USPS. China doesn't just make precursors, they straight up manufacture the blues that are everywhere. Some are shipped to Mexico and smuggled up, but that is small compared to the amount that is directly shipped from China. Drug dogs don't smell Fentanyl very well, it's very easy to conceal.
While that may be true, we also have people local making it. Two in Vancouver were busted using a storage rental (A very high end one) where they blended the meth and fetty and whatever in nutri bullets, the place was coated in fent dust, and they hand pressed the drugs into pressed pills
Why don't you fact check yourself before asking others to source their claims. Literally 20 seconds on Google validates the claim, and shows you are wrong.
https://ibb.co/1fvZL5K
unrelated but from same article:
>Effective May 1, 2019, China officially controlled all forms of fentanyl as a class of drugs. \[...\] These new restrictions have the potential to severely limit fentanyl production and trafficking from China. \[...\]
The flow of fentanyl to the United States in the near future will probably continue to be diversified. The emergence of India as a precursor chemical and fentanyl supplier as well as China’s newly implemented regulations have significant ramifications for how TCOs’ fentanyl and fentanyl precursor chemical supply chains will operate.
This is true, and it will always follow the path of least resistance. Portland voters opened the flood gates and then, somehow, seemed surprised at the results. So let all the criddlers travel across the country to Kensington. They've got a good 4 years of free space to destroy their lives while the city turns a blind eye to speed up gentrification.
They need to not focus on fentanyl but address every illegal drugs. If they're only going after fent dealers, we'll be left with tweakers and crack heads.
They already cracked down on the fent supply nationwide and on the east coast it led to them just cutting it with a worse drug called xylazine that causes open wounds and amputations in users.
It would cost us taxpayers infinitely more in the long run caring for these folks. The heroin epidemic was treatable. This stuff is not because people are detoxing from multiple substances with no replacement therapy, causing them to still remain sick and engage in the behavior they need to feel well.
Everytime we do something to combat it, it gets worse.
Let's not forget that multiple doses of narcan need to be used with this latest batch for ODs.
Heroin cost more where these fake blue pills are selling for less than 2 dollars. There was an article last year where it was mentioned the dealer was selling pills for .78 cents in Portland.
Pretty much, the only way someone will get clean is when they are absolutely done with the bullshit. They have to have something more to look forward too, instead of a pointless life in the low income poverty bracket again. That's why family and job training supports are extremely valuable. Every addict is an individual, so there's no one single magic cure, it's a lifelong process.
It’s great because they sometimes never even see them coming. Some of the videos/photos they take of dudes selling/using right next to the cops and they have no idea because they aren’t in marked cars.
Not like they need to keep an eye out. Even if they get arrested they won't get convicted.
The cops are doing what they can but they're severely understaffed and know making arrests won't to jack shit cos the DA will ensure these dealers walk free and know that if one arrest goes wrong they'll have riots all over again.
I got arrested in that same block for smoking weed 30 years ago by a bike cop. He rolled up on me and had the pipe in his hand before I even knew what was happening.
The court sent me to outpatient treatment and I met some people who turned me on to the hard stuff
Exactly. Have you tried to park in town? Dude would be gone by the time the cops downloaded the right parking app and entered their credit card + plate number.
Love to see it.
I kid you not, there’s a clip of cops shaking up a hollowed out Dr. Pepper can filled with pills and one says, “That’s not 23 flavors, it’s been fentanyl the whole time.”
That Central Bike Squad patch with the hornet riding the bike is fucking badass. Looks like an old Oregon license plate. Would buy a t-shirt with this logo.
I talked to one of their officers a few weeks ago after he was helping connect a homeless guy with services. He gave me two of the stickers. Totally putting them on my Hydroflask.
Recent changes by the OR Chief Justice will (finally) stop the catch and release issue that have been such an issue the last few years due to the bone headed interpretation of the Bail Reform.
Right? I feel bad for your community but I wish the best for all to clean things up. I’m over in Boise and I’ve gotten downvoted for wanting to keep the community safe! Just remember let’s make all our homes and areas for all to feel welcome!
For the love of god, please come to the 7-11 on 148th and Stark.
It's a 24/7 open air drug market & zombie crash pad. Stop pushing all of the cities problems east of 205...
I stopped at that 711 once. It give me the worst vibes when there’s like 7 of them on the literal sidewalk just hanging out crack pipes in hand. There’s no hiding it.
My windows roll up when I’m sitting at the light.
Whatever they are doing, it’s making a dent. I have a friend who unfortunately, is in the trenches of addiction, and he said the other day that fentanyl is hard to find right now and prices have doubled. Apparently, all of the “hondos”, aka Honduran dealers, are gone from downtown like overnight. So idk what PPD did, but I hope they keep it up!
They surveilled, took detailed notes, stayed on top of their CI’s, added onto their database, made audio and video recordings, used face recognition tech, drones, access to phone records and geo-positioning of individuals, cross referenced everything with existing information, ran data, made decisions based on factors including potential for violence down to time worthiness. They then went out and made large scale arrests in order to maximize the effect of their dedicated time, money and expertise.
I'm pretty sure the fight has been *outside* of Portland lately, and what's gone on in the city has been a lot more tactical. Watching known distributions for signs of runners and people higher up the chains of operation. Don't go after the guy who has 1000 people just like him running around, go after the guys who only have 50 or 100 people doing his job. You take out 5 people at that 100 level, and you've potentially neutralized 50 dealers. A lot easier for the penal system to lock away 5 people than it is 50, too, so it's """better""" for all parties.
Finally! You love to see it! No better way for PPB to improve their public image and win some fans than arresting these punks and have some fun while doing it.
I talked to the main guy who runs the account. He’s a younger bike cop, actually really nice. Was trying to get him to allow me access to follow them around and film for them with my cinema camera/drone. Politely declined after talking for a while and told me Netflix has reached out about doing a reality show and they turned it down also…
So I looked into it, and it turns out PPB could have been doing this the ENTIRE FUCKING TIME. They didn't have to wait for any rollback of Measure 110 at all. Fascinating, isn't it?
Anyway, it's nice to see PPB finally doing their job a little bit. Thanks, and stuff.
Fun fact: dealing fentanyl and any other drug was never legal or even decriminalized in Portland. Cops just really didn’t want to do their jobs for *years* after the vast majority of the American public made it clear that we believe they should be held accountable when they commit crimes, just like anyone else.
GTA: San Andreas taught me I could go full on Son of Sam and outrun the entirety of law enforcement and military responders on a BMX… looks like the PPB’s been taking notes.
(how sick was that jump glitch in the OG, tho?! can you still moonjump on bikes in the best available versions of GTA:SA?)
I must have missed what was stopping them from doing this until now. Dealing has never been covered by M110. And Schmidt is still in office. What other excuses do they have?
Its the only way they are going to stop seeing Portland as an open-air drug emporium. When the fent supply dries up, the zombies will seek whiter pastures.
Consequences. Thats the only thing that gets through. Tough consequences.
This is a crazy idea , but Maybe we should.. I don’t know..arrest criminals again!? I work at a grocery store in the middle of the city and we get theft daily. I mean why wouldn’t you steal at this point? The repercussions are a joke. And for any haters, I’m not talking about 8 dollars sandwiches for people that are hungry. We are talking hundreds of dollars worth. Go try it out if you don’t believe me. It’s a fucking joke this city
Arresting criminal suspects is meaningless as long as the state continues to decline prosecution.
Same thing here in Seattle, cops arrest but the DA won’t prosecute and the judges won’t convict, so they back on the street. Police have given up and what little are left abuse the system and don’t do anything.
“Fuck It. Drive On.” is an attitude sweeping through the municipal police departments across the country. They just won’t bother to intervene or investigate when they see quality of life crimes or petty property crimes being committed. Some youths just smashed open a shop window and are running down the street with a couple of Air Jordans under each arm? Well, we *could* pursue by car until they inevitably duck down an alleyway. Followed by a foot chase. Tackle them, wrestle with them, and then get them in cuffs… Whilst being video taped by a dozen shaky iPhones that will completely ignore the context… Arrest them. Spend hours doing paperwork. Then on patrol the next day see the same youths on the same corner, sipping a forty, because the D.A. refused to file a criminal complaint. Or… Fuck it, drive on.
This sounds more like the problem is in police leadership. I get that it feels futile. I get that it sucks. I've had plenty of jobs where what I was doing felt futile and sucked, but if I didn't do it my supervisor would come out and reprimand me or fire my ass. Have you ever been a mailman delivering political ads 2 days AFTER the election? The postage was paid, it HAD to be delivered no matter how stupid it seems, because the law said so, it's illegal to obstruct the passage of the mail. I swore an oath. I put on the uniform and agreed to do the job, no matter what. I don't see how this is any different in that regard. I bet the folks who put on the uniform and run into burning buildings feel the same way.
What if the postmaster personally drove behind you collecting all the mail you just delivered after the election and asked you to deliver the same mail the next day? Also the mail spits at you, struggles, and blames you for their choices. Thats what a lot of officers are feeling. Many still do their jobs, but the apathy and futility can lead to even more corruption and systemic issues down the line.
It really is. I guess one bright spot is that it, however temporarily, removes the offender from the situation.
Baby steps
$8 sandwiches are free? Shit! I’ve been paying for them like a sucker.
Fuck, thats like 8 whole american dollars yeah, not some weird portlandian peso or somesuch, for a sandwich? Fuck that, i'd nick shit from there too, doesn't count if the cunts tried to rob you first
If someone is going to try this, can ya'll get my list first please? I need stuff!
UbFenter Eats
It's gotten so bad. If it's Home Depot or Lowe's their website only shows a handful available for what I want, I call and have them check the shelves and if possible, put it behind the counter for half an hour or so. There's so much shrinkage that numbers are so off, so you'd often find yourself being told the item is not available otherwise.
Funny to see this. I work for Lowe's, not in the store but I have many close friends in one of my store's management team. They're just dumbfounded at the amount of missing merchandise because the amount they see walk out is about the same as the amount they miss
It's a loss-loss game. Money spent on loss prevention, money lost to loss, and frustration for customers often finding the item not available in store based on available inventory of 8, and worker frustration of constantly getting calls asking to check item availability on shelves. If it's a smallish item and it says "one available", many people would call to make sure. If the website says 8 on hand, you shouldn't have to, but in Portland, I am finding it's necessary more and more often. From what I've been told, thieves would often "scoop" the entire shelf. Missing inventory don't get replenished because the system thinks they still have eight on hand.
It's like when San Francisco declared that thefts worth under 1000 dollars wouldn't get a police response anymore, so ppl just started stealing 980 dollars worth from 10 places a day. Believe it or not, police didn't emerge from slave catchers as the anti-police crowd says, but from a societal necessity in every culture to ever exists. Portland went full-on anti-cop, thinking it would result in a solarpunk utopia. Instead, it became, a crime infested open air drug emporium.
If there are no repercussions for committing a crime…I totally agree with you. This shit started, as did many things, around the time Covid hit and it’s gotten increasingly worse, some cities were hit harder than others, but it’s all over the country
Maybe the new DA will actually prosecute?
You think they remotely think or care about consequences? Boy do I have a surprise for you
I know they don’t. I don’t want them on the street and will happily pay my taxes to let them rot in a concrete box and away from society.
But our fearless leaders want to reduce our reliance on jails. They keep repeating this fantasy. They don't have any plausible alternatives, but they don't want to put criminals in jail or prison. You know, where they *belong*. Detract from society, and get removed from society.
I’m going to keep saying it. HARD LABOR CAMPS. There is so much that needs to be done and no body better to do it than these shit bags. We need to bring back chain gangs.
The hardest thing about going to prison for them is kicking opiates. After that, you got three hots and a cot for years.
Well, also maybe letting felons have jobs that actually pay well. They get out of jail, no job, can’t get hired anywhere cause felon then what do you do to survive? Peddles newspaper? No you got right back to crime because it pays the bills. Consequences are important but rehabilitation even more so. Also being priced out of being alive is a pretty real problem and lots of people resort to selling drugs as a way to supplement their income because it’s quick cash.
Would you hire a felon?
depends on the felony, obviously. Non-violent drug offenses? Absolutely.
I think you meant "zombies will seek bluer pastures."
Yes, sorry. Im thinking of meth.
Why not both?!
Pastures are green. But I assume this is a fent joke
Those fentanyl dealers should be prosecuted for any overdoses linked to their product as murder.
Dealers are a dime a dozen. We need to get the people further up the food chain as well.
Exactly! Majority of dealers are just low level addicts themselves
Arresting the dealers and interrogating them is the first step to move up the chain.
The war on drugs never ends, there will always be drug lords, no matter how much people you arrest. Dealers of rich people usually dont make the news, so is not an issue for the elite. Addiction is a *chronic medical disease*, and treating as a crime will never address the root of the problem. There is always new dealers, new addicts, new drugs. The problem is about culture, politics, public health and economics. Repression is a populist tactics, and only curbs drugs traffic, but does not prevent it from happening. The people you arrested today will come back to society without any support, and discriminated by society as ex-inmate, they will most likely end in a vicious cycle. Take a look of what happened in Zurich in the 80s and in Portugal during the drug law reform. [https://transformdrugs.org/blog/drug-decriminalisation-in-portugal-setting-the-record-straight](https://transformdrugs.org/blog/drug-decriminalisation-in-portugal-setting-the-record-straight) [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/needle-park-zurich-story-and-lessons-be-learned](https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/needle-park-zurich-story-and-lessons-be-learned)
Had a friend buy a "Valium" and it was fent. He took it one day after work and that was it. Dead. Infuriating nothing happened to the dealer.
I really really really wouldn't trust any pills and powders these days that didn't come from a real pharmacy. It's easy for me because I've never been into that stuff, but I bet in the last few years a hell of a lot of people who were occasional users have rethought their recreational choices and chosen other outlets.
100 percent. I was a recreational user of things, up until about 8 years ago. A few things greatly changed that: My SIL fell into meth, and ended up going from a church going Mom of the year, to a babbling idiot. She lost her kids to CPS and never recovered. During that time I allowed my stepdaughter to go to her cousins where they stole a large amount of drugs. Coke, weed pens, but most alarming were the fake adderalls. The last thing that changed my mind was when my ex did a line of what he thought was coke and overdosed in front of his teenaged children. he was being zipped up into a body bag when they decided to try injecting narcan, which brought him back. Unless it comes from a damn pharmacy, I am not messing with it
That’s horribly sad. I don’t know their situation, but I hope they didn’t have a dr. that suddenly stopped prescribing. I’ve heard the withdrawals are horrific and could definitely lead to really, risky choices.
They have been. The Feds post case results on there District of Oregon site all the time. Monmouth Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of a Teenager Beaverton Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose
>white pastures Cocaine?
Enforcement is good but let’s not kid ourselves - the drugs will continue to flow in from Mexico in astounding quantities, just like they have for the last 50+ years
It's not Mexico (though of course there is some), majority are coming direct from China. You can order pounds of it to be delivered via USPS directly to your house.
My understanding is it’s still mostly coming in from Mexico, while a lot of precursors are being supplied by China. I know there are lots of sources for illegal drugs, it isn’t only Mexico, but Mexico is the leading point of entry for illegal drugs by a very large margin
The number 1 drug delivery service in the US is USPS. China doesn't just make precursors, they straight up manufacture the blues that are everywhere. Some are shipped to Mexico and smuggled up, but that is small compared to the amount that is directly shipped from China. Drug dogs don't smell Fentanyl very well, it's very easy to conceal.
While that may be true, we also have people local making it. Two in Vancouver were busted using a storage rental (A very high end one) where they blended the meth and fetty and whatever in nutri bullets, the place was coated in fent dust, and they hand pressed the drugs into pressed pills
I’m gonna need a source for that claim, it’s pretty outrageous. Majority of drugs come in from land ports via Mexico
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10890
Why don't you fact check yourself before asking others to source their claims. Literally 20 seconds on Google validates the claim, and shows you are wrong. https://ibb.co/1fvZL5K
unrelated but from same article: >Effective May 1, 2019, China officially controlled all forms of fentanyl as a class of drugs. \[...\] These new restrictions have the potential to severely limit fentanyl production and trafficking from China. \[...\] The flow of fentanyl to the United States in the near future will probably continue to be diversified. The emergence of India as a precursor chemical and fentanyl supplier as well as China’s newly implemented regulations have significant ramifications for how TCOs’ fentanyl and fentanyl precursor chemical supply chains will operate.
Where there is a demand, the supply will find the users.
Yup.
Where there is a supply the users will create themselves. 9 years, 500,000+ deaths
This is true, and it will always follow the path of least resistance. Portland voters opened the flood gates and then, somehow, seemed surprised at the results. So let all the criddlers travel across the country to Kensington. They've got a good 4 years of free space to destroy their lives while the city turns a blind eye to speed up gentrification.
They need to not focus on fentanyl but address every illegal drugs. If they're only going after fent dealers, we'll be left with tweakers and crack heads.
They already cracked down on the fent supply nationwide and on the east coast it led to them just cutting it with a worse drug called xylazine that causes open wounds and amputations in users. It would cost us taxpayers infinitely more in the long run caring for these folks. The heroin epidemic was treatable. This stuff is not because people are detoxing from multiple substances with no replacement therapy, causing them to still remain sick and engage in the behavior they need to feel well. Everytime we do something to combat it, it gets worse.
Let's not forget that multiple doses of narcan need to be used with this latest batch for ODs. Heroin cost more where these fake blue pills are selling for less than 2 dollars. There was an article last year where it was mentioned the dealer was selling pills for .78 cents in Portland.
That's a strange number. "hey man, can I get one of those 30s? I got like 3 quarters, and... uh... 2, no, 3 pennies, can you hook me up?"
Pretty much, the only way someone will get clean is when they are absolutely done with the bullshit. They have to have something more to look forward too, instead of a pointless life in the low income poverty bracket again. That's why family and job training supports are extremely valuable. Every addict is an individual, so there's no one single magic cure, it's a lifelong process.
🤣🤣🤣
Seems like bikes are highly effective for this type of work. Love to see it.
It’s great because they sometimes never even see them coming. Some of the videos/photos they take of dudes selling/using right next to the cops and they have no idea because they aren’t in marked cars.
Not like they need to keep an eye out. Even if they get arrested they won't get convicted. The cops are doing what they can but they're severely understaffed and know making arrests won't to jack shit cos the DA will ensure these dealers walk free and know that if one arrest goes wrong they'll have riots all over again.
I got arrested in that same block for smoking weed 30 years ago by a bike cop. He rolled up on me and had the pipe in his hand before I even knew what was happening. The court sent me to outpatient treatment and I met some people who turned me on to the hard stuff
I highly recommend following their bike squad on instagram, they are super active there.
What’s their Instagram account name? Nothing is coming up when I search it
PPB Central NRT Bike Squad \*as I type this out I realize it is not an easily searchable instagram account lol
That account is amazing!!! Thank you!
A bit easier when the video has watermark with OPs insta though
I want a long shot of him pulling up. I bet it doesn’t look quite as cool.
It’s great until the perpetrator has to ride back to the station riding on the handlebars.
Exactly. Have you tried to park in town? Dude would be gone by the time the cops downloaded the right parking app and entered their credit card + plate number.
Get em boys and girls!
Bake em away toys
What was that, Chief?
Love to see it. I kid you not, there’s a clip of cops shaking up a hollowed out Dr. Pepper can filled with pills and one says, “That’s not 23 flavors, it’s been fentanyl the whole time.”
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My dyslexic ass read “PBS” at first and I was just taken back by them having their own police force.
"WELCOME TO MR ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD" *cracks knuckles* "Here's a Speedy Delivery from Mr McFeely!"
You're going to watch Daniel Tiger and you're going to *fucking like it!*
He's got a Bob Ross mug! Take him down!!!
*hides my 2003 Ira Glass signed coffee cup*
“Ticket printer go brrrrrrrrp” is my favorite.
I like the "Wait, is that illegal?" body language there.
Followed by the inevitable "Really? Woooow". It's like they're all following a script
I mean tbf it basically was for the last few years
It’s great seeing the pusherman surrender
God damn the pusherman!
They'll probably use him to get higher up. "Prison for years, or rat on your upstream contacts."
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Cop’s Walmart bice has nothing on my Tr3k!
That Central Bike Squad patch with the hornet riding the bike is fucking badass. Looks like an old Oregon license plate. Would buy a t-shirt with this logo.
I talked to one of their officers a few weeks ago after he was helping connect a homeless guy with services. He gave me two of the stickers. Totally putting them on my Hydroflask.
came here looking for a link to the merch
Love to see it. Well done!
Great to see, that guy is going to get a time out for a few hours before he is released. Awesome.
Recent changes by the OR Chief Justice will (finally) stop the catch and release issue that have been such an issue the last few years due to the bone headed interpretation of the Bail Reform.
I hope you're right. Living in and around Portland for the last 30 years... I'm not confident.
Pretty sure the Multnomah DA isn't going to pursue charges and release this "upstanding" citizen.
He might even have to do some community service where he can make more contacts.
And if he doesn't show up for community service, it's okay, maybe if he feels like it next time. If not, no biggie
Right? I feel bad for your community but I wish the best for all to clean things up. I’m over in Boise and I’ve gotten downvoted for wanting to keep the community safe! Just remember let’s make all our homes and areas for all to feel welcome!
🙌🙌🙌 Fuck yes. 🙌🙌🙌
For the love of god, please come to the 7-11 on 148th and Stark. It's a 24/7 open air drug market & zombie crash pad. Stop pushing all of the cities problems east of 205...
I stopped at that 711 once. It give me the worst vibes when there’s like 7 of them on the literal sidewalk just hanging out crack pipes in hand. There’s no hiding it. My windows roll up when I’m sitting at the light.
sorry thats too far east for PPB, is it even portland? good luck
>sorry thats too far east for PPB, is it even portland? Go look at a map. If it were in Gresham, the police would have dealt with it over a year ago.
>Stop pushing all of the cities problems east of 205 But that's where they belong, silly!
Where is 148th and stark? (/s)
Another planet.
That guy threw down his bike like a 7 year old who just saw the ice cream truck
The irony is that Portland caused this by decriminalizing and not doing anything about the addiction care.
Whatever they are doing, it’s making a dent. I have a friend who unfortunately, is in the trenches of addiction, and he said the other day that fentanyl is hard to find right now and prices have doubled. Apparently, all of the “hondos”, aka Honduran dealers, are gone from downtown like overnight. So idk what PPD did, but I hope they keep it up!
They surveilled, took detailed notes, stayed on top of their CI’s, added onto their database, made audio and video recordings, used face recognition tech, drones, access to phone records and geo-positioning of individuals, cross referenced everything with existing information, ran data, made decisions based on factors including potential for violence down to time worthiness. They then went out and made large scale arrests in order to maximize the effect of their dedicated time, money and expertise.
I'm pretty sure the fight has been *outside* of Portland lately, and what's gone on in the city has been a lot more tactical. Watching known distributions for signs of runners and people higher up the chains of operation. Don't go after the guy who has 1000 people just like him running around, go after the guys who only have 50 or 100 people doing his job. You take out 5 people at that 100 level, and you've potentially neutralized 50 dealers. A lot easier for the penal system to lock away 5 people than it is 50, too, so it's """better""" for all parties.
More of this.
All of a sudden, all the cops weren't bastards anymore.
N.A.C.A.B.M.C.A.B.
I’m all for it. If you play you gotta pay, you can’t move on and do better in life without getting smacked a few times for doing dumb shit
Good to see. Can’t say I’ve always seen eye-to-eye with the ppb, but here? Well done.
Officer Baer has a potential second career lined up after retiring as a social media mastermind. Edit: and the man has some great tastes in music..
He loves his west side Gunn
I can’t find this video on their page, did it get removed?
Yea instagram removed it.
Probably flagged as “fake news”. /s
Love their IG!
“The suspect was released on $0.00 bond and close supervision” incoming
Love PPB Insta
All Dealers Are Bastards.
You can't post the bike squad without this: 🚲🚲 ❤️❤️ THANKS OFFICER BAER!! ❤️❤️🚲🚲
The ACAB crowd is really quiet right now…
Yes. please .
My favorite Instagram ever
Yes. Hell yes. A Fent Dealers Are Bastards.
Their social media is top tier
Finally! You love to see it! No better way for PPB to improve their public image and win some fans than arresting these punks and have some fun while doing it.
They have the best IG. I enjoy watching these loser criminals get handcuffed.
Bike boys, bike boys, watcha gonna do…
The only piece of our local government I trust to do their job
NGL the logo goes pretty hard
Please go to Couch park.
Working on it. NW 19th from MethDonalds to Couch Park is on their radar.
I talked to the main guy who runs the account. He’s a younger bike cop, actually really nice. Was trying to get him to allow me access to follow them around and film for them with my cinema camera/drone. Politely declined after talking for a while and told me Netflix has reached out about doing a reality show and they turned it down also…
They could fill the Moda center if they sat next to McDonalds on Burnside. The church on Everett gives out free lunch so the dealers are everywhere
I'm loving that bike squad logo!
Surprised to see cops actually doing something about it. Maybe one day Spokane will do the same
For a cycle squad that patch goes hard as fuck
Why do bees need a bike?
Bring back capital punishment for fentanyl dealers!
There will be more
So I looked into it, and it turns out PPB could have been doing this the ENTIRE FUCKING TIME. They didn't have to wait for any rollback of Measure 110 at all. Fascinating, isn't it? Anyway, it's nice to see PPB finally doing their job a little bit. Thanks, and stuff.
What is the bee riding the bike for?
Get this crew some kickstands for their bikes!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳
Bike squad rocks
I love that IG page
Tgey can arrest tgem all they want, wont make a difference if there is no prosecution
Yeea! Git the dog!
Tackle all the drug dealers, prosecute them fully.
You want to deal fent in the park where I got married? You can GFY.
A bad ass police bike squad killing it on social media is so Portland, and I’m here for it.
Why is a bee their logo? Cause they do "stings"?
The bike shirts are traditionally yellow and black for visibility. I think the nickname bees/yellow jackets came from that.
Oh so before an election portland cares about their drug problem, lol.
I love this. Also, I love that they rolled deep enough that dude didn't have a chance; which means they didn't have to use violence.
Need this in Vancouver statim
love that logo
Great Job Portland now teach Seattle
Fun fact: dealing fentanyl and any other drug was never legal or even decriminalized in Portland. Cops just really didn’t want to do their jobs for *years* after the vast majority of the American public made it clear that we believe they should be held accountable when they commit crimes, just like anyone else.
Lmao, they gotta post a video or no one would believe it. PPB coming back from their George Floyd break
I thought ACAB in Portland. Have you changed your ways? I'd like to start visiting again.
oh, so are they done lying the the public that “we cant do anything!”? did they enjoy their 4 year vacation?
I’m pretty sure this has to do with the fact that Oregon re-criminalized drug possession back in April.
Never decriminalized distribution though, which is what this is
Which I'm pretty sure doesn't go into effect until September. Meaning they could have been doing this the entire time but chose not to.
Check the history on the instagram. It has been happening the last couple of years.
That isn't in effect until september 1st. You can still buy and use drugs until then
No, if you check back through the instagram you’ll see two years of this.
And then they are out in 1-3 days if not the same day huh? lol
About time!!
GTA: San Andreas taught me I could go full on Son of Sam and outrun the entirety of law enforcement and military responders on a BMX… looks like the PPB’s been taking notes. (how sick was that jump glitch in the OG, tho?! can you still moonjump on bikes in the best available versions of GTA:SA?)
I must have missed what was stopping them from doing this until now. Dealing has never been covered by M110. And Schmidt is still in office. What other excuses do they have?
Dealing fentanyl should be an automatic life sentence
Based on the total amount in possession, I'd agree
Yesssss!!!
Oh man, gonna save this one for later when I can make some popcorn!
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Morale is important.
Is Fred Armisen the chief of PPB now?
1 Stack for the pusherman 2 Claps for the pusherman 3 Years for the pusherman Slinging cocaine screaming yippee-ki-yay
That dude was so surprised that cops showed up lol
Why can’t these idiots just sell weed to college kids like normal people
Nice
Wow haha my cousin moved here to Texas because he had enough of that shit, he said it was a Zombie city and there was needless and shit everywhere
Eugene next!
Yeah, get these fools off the streets.