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PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland’s Community Safety Director said city leaders have failed to manage a series of public safety crises and said the mismanagement has led the city to where it is on a range of problems like police call volume, gun violence, and 911 wait times.
The comment came up in a meeting Thursday that was mostly focused on the dire situation inside Portland’s dispatch center, where wait times are as long as four or five minutes for people calling 911 in Multnomah County…
