The Democrat-controlled anti-police “utopia” of Portland has told residents not to call 911 unless they are reporting a “life/death emergency.”
The remaining police in the Oregon city are now stretched so thin that they can only respond to emergencies that involve a significant risk of people dying.
Portland, like many other blue cities across America, slashed its police budget in response to the violent Black Lives Matter-led rioting in 2020.
Unsurprisingly, those same cities have seen violent crime and murder soar out of control.
To combat the issue of fewer cops and soaring violent crime, police are now placing limits on the types of calls they can respond to.
News Nation reports that Portland’s Democrat safety commissioner, Rene Gonzalez, is calling on the public to stop calling 911 unless someone could die if they don’t.
The people of Portland are also asked not to call 911 if the dangerous criminal has already fled the scene.
On Monday, Gonzalez announced via social media:
Our 911 system is getting hammered this morning with a multiple person incident — multiple overdoses in northwest park blocks.
Please do not call 911 except in event of life/death emergency or crime in progress (or chance of