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- Today, Portland’s Community and Public Safety Committee will consider an ordinance that would require all law enforcement officers (including the feds!) to wear clear identification such as a badge at all times, and prohibit them from wearing masks to hide their faces (again, looking at you, feds). The ordinance was introduced by Councilor Sameer Kanal, who co-chairs the Committee. The meeting starts at 2:30 pm. You can read more about the ordinance and watch a livestream here.
In a bit of disturbing news, police say they found the bodies of two men on two separate days at a local recycling center. According to the Portland Police Bureau, officers were called out to a recycling yard on North Hunt Street last Monday, January 5, and again on Friday, January 9. The county’s medical examiner is working to ID the men.
Investigation underway after 2 bodies discovered at North Portland recycling center…