Portland Police Monitoring Anticipated Gatherings Today

The Portland Police Bureau has additional resources in place to monitor and facilitate anticipated gatherings today, including at least one march that may affect traffic in Downtown Portland. Liaison Officers, Bike Squads, Traffic Officers on motorcycles, and other Officers will be highly visible.

There is also an expected gathering outside the ICE facility in South Portland.

PPB does not engage in immigration enforcement as outlined in PPB Directive 810.10, but is still responsible for maintaining public safety and enforcing state laws. Chief Day's letter to the community and FAQ regarding immigration can be found here.

For these events, an Incident Command Team has been activated. The team managed numerous resources that included Dialogue Liaison Officers, Rapid Response Team, Sound Truck, and the Air Support Unit.

Dialogue Liaison Officers, wearing white uniform shirts, act as liaisons to demonstrators, and their role is not enforcement.

PPB will be sending out public safety messaging via our Events channel on X (formally known as Twitter). For ongoing updates, follow our page here.

While PPB's role is public safety and supporting constitutionally protected activity, part of our role is to address criminal acts. Officers may be seen in a larger group to make targeted arrests for specific crimes committed. PPB members may also investigate crimes and conduct follow-up investigations into criminal activity later and will forward cases to the Multnomah County District Attorney for prosecution when feasible. As a reminder, just because arrests are not made at the scene, when tensions are high, that does not mean that people are not being charged with crimes later.

Information on PPB's Public Order teams can be found here.

###PPB###