Portland Police Launch Rapid Response Team
(Portland, OR) -- The Portland Police Bureau has selected the 50 members of the new Rapid Response Team. They'll respond to crowd control and natural disasters. The Police Bureau's last crowd management team was disbanded following the 2020 demonstrations. The new team was recommended in a report that reviewed the response to the 2020 protests. The RRT started training this week. They'll operate under new state laws that concern crowd control.



