Police Chief Makes Crowd-Control Gear Mandatory for Cops at All Occupy Portland Marches

Occupy Portland's original march Oct. 6.
By WW Staff

Portland Police Chief Mike Reese released an internal memo Friday that calls for all sworn officers to carry batons, wear helmets and have other equipment that might be necessary to control unauthorized Occupy Portland marches.---

Here's the text of the chief's memo. The key passages in are in bold below

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