Downtown Portland CVS Pharmacy to close; KATU rides with PPB anti-shoplifting mission

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Nearly five years after opening, a location across from Pioneer Square, CVS Pharmacy will close on March 5.

It may be another victim that has fallen into the struggling downtown economy that the Portland Police Bureau is trying to tackle through its Central Precinct Neighborhood Response Team.

“The only thing that we’re going to get is if somebody walks out the door, then [the employee] can call us after the fact,” Officer David Ramos told another officer over the phone as he waited outside a New Season’s Market in Slabtown…

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