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City officials credit coordinated prevention and ceasefire work with declines in shootings and homicides
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City public-safety officials told the City Council’s work session that the Office of Violence Prevention and Portland Ceasefire have helped reduce shootings and gun homicides year over year and outlined programs aimed at outreach, place-based prevention and hospital interventions.
Portland’s Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) and the Portland Ceasefire program are central elements in a year of declining shootings and gun homicides, city officials said Jan. 9 during a public-safety work session.
“Gun violence in Portland has been an incredibly alarming and serious problem,” Stephanie Howard, director of community safety, told the City Council. She said data show gun violence rose sharply between 2019 and 2022 but that recent investments and coordination across bureaus helped cut total…
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