Coming up in about 10 minutes on KATU, Portland Police spent more than $20k, on chemical riot agents on June 1. That purchase came just days after protests began in Portland. It's the largest single purchase I could find since at least 2017. #LiveOnK2 
We requested records going back to 2016, an arbitrary date I chose. We wanted to see how much police spend on chemical and impact munitions. From what I can tell, most of the money went to purchases for training. But we found a couple big, specific purchase orders for June 1.
Here are three June 1 purchases. I consider it two purchases because a few are from the same company. Anyway, do with this what you want. You can cross reference some of the products on the Defense Technology website. Look for items with DefTech next to them. #LiveOnK2
I asked PPB about the purchase Full response in the image. But, to explain the 6/1 timing:
PDX isn't the only city with protests. Supply chain for munitions is disrupted. They didn't have enough supply. They ordered enough for future incidents, in some cases 6 months worth.
PDX isn't the only city with protests. Supply chain for munitions is disrupted. They didn't have enough supply. They ordered enough for future incidents, in some cases 6 months worth.
I should add... largest single purchase I could find of *chemical agents*
