A Sheriff in has called for urgent solutions to violent crimes as offenses including murder soared 30 per cent in a year after the city's council cut the police budget by $15million in 2020. Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese warned in an open letter published on Friday that 'without action, we can expect worse to come' as he said 'the data reflects... record-high levels of gun violence, traffic fatalities and overdose deaths'. The liberal Pacific Northwest city, which slashed its police budget in the wake of protests over 's murder, set a record last year with 92 homicides - the highest since there were 70 homicides in 1987.
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