Best quotes by Ted Wheeler on Police
Checkout quotes by Ted Wheeler on Police
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‟ The criminal justice system is not the right place - or it shouldn't be the place of first resort to provide addiction or mental health services. It should happen elsewhere with no police and no judges and no juries and no jails.
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‟ There is definitely a balance that I have to strike both in terms of supporting the Police Bureau - making sure they have the tools and the resources they need to do their jobs effectively. But I also have an important role to play when it comes to oversight and accountability.
- Ted Wheeler
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‟ My residents don't know who a federal officer is or a local police officer or a county deputy or a state patroller. They don't know, and they don't care. It's all the same to them.
- Ted Wheeler
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‟ There's no question that, in nearly seven weeks of nightly demonstrations, the police have done many things right, and they've done some things wrong as well.
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‟ The police should be focused on policing criminal activity, and that's sort of the beginning, the middle and the end of it for me.
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‟ The police should be addressing car break-ins and burglaries and things like that. And increasingly what they're doing is providing social services. The majority of police are not trained in the provision of social services.
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‟ The porridge is either two hot or too cold. At any given moment in this city the police are being criticized for being heavy handed and intervening too quickly, or they're being criticized for being standoffish and not intervening quickly enough.
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‟ I see my role as police commissioner as providing strategic oversight, support and accountability for the bureau.
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‟ The City of Portland, our police bureau, and our employees do not cooperate with ICE.
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‟ Mike Marshman is a quality choice to fill the role of Portland Police Chief.
- Ted Wheeler