Saltzman to Leonard: Let Portland Water Bureau Security Guards Use Pepper Spray

By BETH SLOVIC
IMAGE: Hawk Krall
the news
memo
Leonard at one point wanted to manage
which proposes giving security guards less lethal weapons like Tasers or pepper spray,
$1 million a year for a security force with 24 employees, and that making them police officers would increase costs.
$4 million a year.
Water Bureau Security
the Water Bureau used to have armed guards.
could help Portland win its long-sought variance
Image by Hawk Krall

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