PORTLAND, Ore. — In the first two months since simple drug possession was recriminalized in Oregon, officials in Multnomah County say that 91 people were referred to deflection instead of being ...
An annual report released last week showed that police dropped people off at the new Multnomah County deflection center just 606 times – less than two a day – during its entire first year of ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Since Sunday, four people in Portland have been connected to recovery services under a program called "deflection," including two during a police mission on Sunday, the first day that ...