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Councilors raise TriMet service cuts and county dispatch/ICE concerns during roundtable
Summary
Council members used the work session roundtable to spotlight regional transportation funding and proposed TriMet service cuts, and to ask county partners for clarity on how dispatch categorizes calls involving ICE after recent incidents; staff said dispatch policies are transparent and an officer checkbox for ICE involvement was added.
At the conclusion of the Jan. 12 Tualatin work session, councilors used the roundtable to highlight two regionally significant issues: proposed TriMet service reductions and local concerns about law‑enforcement dispatching when ICE activity is involved.
Council President Pratt gave a lengthy regional update describing recent Metro and regional meetings and summarized TriMet’s fiscal challenges, citing large…
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