Looks like a private security agency has been created to do what the city of Portland can't or won't do.
As business and property owners become increasingly frustrated with Portland’s public safety system, they are tapping private security to fill the vacuum — and perhaps no company has benefited more than Echelon. The firm investigates suspected crimes. Clients say guards patrol within an Old Town perimeter that stretches from Union Station to Southwest Ash Street. Business owners say they have been so satisfied with the company’s performance that they’ve reprogrammed their burglar alarms to ping Echelon — not 911 — if there’s a problem.
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/12/...town-portland/
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
"Clients of Echelon Protective Services rave about the firm’s responsiveness, but county prosecutors fear a lack of accountability."
Hahaha! Lack of accountability perfectly describes Multnomah county prosecutors who selectively enforce the law and have a revolving door for violent criminals as long as they are not Proud Boys.
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Shabbat shalom, motherf***ers! --Mordechai Jefferson Carver
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
Likely. But we don't want to live in the suburbs. We want our safe, clean, enjoyable urban environment back again. Portland used to be a beautiful city--a beer-lover's and foodie's paradise where you could find parking, and walk safely at night. I'd rather have my taxes paying for law enforcement and clean streets, but if this is what it takes... I'm on board. Plus, my firearms instructor buddy is making good money training security guards.
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Shabbat shalom, motherf***ers! --Mordechai Jefferson Carver
IIRC in Massad Ayoob’s book The Truth About Self Protection in 1983 he discussed the private security firms that were being used by the wealthy rather than relying on LAPD. The article seemed pretty biased against Echelon. The funny thing was it made them sound squared away.
Just a dog chauffeur that used to hold the dumb end of the leash.
My favorite quote in the article…
Before Burke calls the police, she said, she will always call Echelon. She said their guards are fast and responsive, and they treat downtown Portland’s growing homeless population with compassion. When a naked woman began licking a Society Hotel window in front of guests, Burke said guards were able to gently get her to move by making her a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
If you doubt what a failed state looks like, this would Exhibit #1.
Next step is something Haitian or Venezuelan.