.@PortlandPolice tells us so far this year there have been 62 deadly crashes on Portland streets. 26 of those crashes have involved pedestrians. PPB says we haven't seen this high of numbers in decades. #LiveOnK2 Image
PPB says some of the city's houselessness population have died in these crashes.

"Some of them were impaired, some of them it’s the nature of where their camps - where they’ve set up their home," PPB's Sgt. Engstrom said.
PPB says the # of DUI arrests have gone down by a 1/4 to 1/3.
"That number is super low & it’s not for lack of drunk drivers," Engstrom said. "It’s for lack of our ability to get out there & find them."
He says the PPB staffing shortage is playing a part in these tragedies.
He also says the uptick in speeding incidents is playing a part.

"Speed does play a role in a fair number of [the deadly crashes."
You may recall that Portland has "Vision Zero"

That's the effort to eliminate traffic fatalities.

62 deaths in far from 0.

Engstrom's and @JoAnnPDX's (transportation commissioner) answer when asked if Vision Zero is working ⬇️⬇️⬇️

#LiveOnK2
I want to share all of @JoAnnPDX's statement. It was very lengthy. It has good information. See below. ImageImageImageImage
And the last bit of the statement: Image

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29 Sep
Legacy Health employees tell us hundreds of healthcare workers were denied their #COVID19 vaccine exemption.

They were emailed Monday. One respiratory therapist, Coleman Nagy, shared his letter with us.

How is the health system determining which exemptions will be honored:
If your exemption didn't meet the consistency/specificity criteria, your request was denied.

Nagy told: "your request was carefully reviewed and your request for religious exemption was denied because the information you provided does not meet one or more of the criteria.”
Another employee, Arnhild “Hildi” Espino, a vascular access specialist at Mt. Hood M.C. also had an exemption denied.

Hildi & Coleman submitted religious exemptions (below).

Hildi est. ~400-800 employees had their requests denied.

She's appealing the exemption process.
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Journalism means telling the whole story. You can’t accurately tell a story you know nothing about. That’s why we spend so much time interviewing people impacted (just as we did today before this incident). We had every right to be there/record.
I went into broadcast journalism because I value the importance of video. We can bring scenes into your living room - for you to watch - and we give you the facts. This was our effort to show you what was behind the barricades. We stayed on public property.
What hurts most is how little faith ppl have in journalism. I can honestly tell you I’m a fair, passionate journalist.
In tears, while telling my fiancé what happened, I made sure before I hung up the phone to remind him of my passion for journalism. I believe in what I do.
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