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Downtown Beaverton business owners urge action after repeated vandalism; sheriff highlights grant and response teams
Summary
Several downtown Beaverton business owners told council about repeated vandalism, threats and broken windows; the sheriff's office highlighted grant funding for cameras and interagency mental‑health response teams as part of a broader strategy.
Beaverton business owners told the City Council during public comment that a series of recent vandalism incidents have endangered employees and damaged storefronts, and they urged more coordinated solutions involving law enforcement, mental‑health services and business support.
"This kind of vandalism, act of vandalism, and in a way terror act against our employees, is not reducing," said Amy Sabirian, who identified herself as the owner of a downtown roastery and bakery. Sabirian described a recent incident in which a person broke and threw decorative rocks into shop windows and said employees had been threatened on other…
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