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Public safety leaders urge full funding for DPSST at House Bill 5,032 hearing
Summary
Police chiefs, sheriffs and fire chiefs told the House Public Safety Committee that the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training must be fully funded to sustain recruitment, certification and regional training across Oregon.
Co-chairs opened a public hearing April 23 on House Bill 5,032, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training budget bill, and dozens of public-safety leaders testified in support of full funding for the agency.
The testimony emphasized that DPSST trains and certifies law enforcement officers, corrections staff, dispatchers and firefighters statewide and that sustained funding is necessary to meet recruitment and regional training needs.
Chief Chris Skinner, chief of police for the city of Eugene, told the committee he was testifying on behalf of the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police and said Eugene is facing “an 11 and a half million dollar shortfall.” He said the core mission for his agency is to “answer the call when people need us” and that “this core mission … does not get protected unless I have certified officers and dispatchers that are able … to be at the academy.”
Chief Bob Day, chief of police for the City of Portland, said recruitment and hiring remain the Portland…
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