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The Public Safety Support Specialist program provides non-sworn support to Portland Police, handling non-emergency calls and community outreach. FY 2026-27 budget of $941,988 is primarily personnel ($922,813). The program's core goals are enhancing community engagement and reducing armed officer response to lower-priority calls. PS3s complete equity and implicit bias training and provide visible community-based police support. The program was administratively corrected in FY 2026-27 after being misclassified since FY 2021-22.

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Public Safety Support Specialists are non-sworn, non-certified personnel providing support to sworn officers in non-emergency situations and community outreach (p. 703 ↗)
FY 2026-27 proposed budget: $941,988 total revenue and program expenses (p. 703 ↗)
Personnel expenses: $922,813; Internal materials and services: $66,475; External materials and services credit: ($47,300) (p. 703 ↗)
Services include non-priority call response, non-injury collision response, tow service coordination, stolen vehicle recovery, and property collection (p. 703 ↗)
Main program goals are enhancing community engagement opportunities and reducing the number of armed police officers responding to lower-priority calls (p. 703 ↗)
PS3s are required to complete procedural justice, equity, and implicit bias training as part of mandatory curriculum (p. 704 ↗)
Program focus on rebuilding community trust through meaningful engagement, quick response, and providing an unarmed presence (p. 704 ↗)
Public Safety Support Specialists were moved to this program in FY 2021-22 but reverted to Neighborhood Response program due to clerical oversight; corrected for FY 2026-27 (p. 704 ↗)

Amounts: $941,988 · $922,813 · $66,475 · $47,300 · Programs: Public Safety Support Specialists · PS3 program · Neighborhood Response program · Parties: Portland Police Bureau · City of Portland

Public Safety Support Specialist

Source: PDF pp. 703-704 ↗ · raw: 703 · 704

Breadcrumb: Service Area Summaries > Public Safety > Portland Police Bureau > Public Safety Support Specialist

City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget Public Safety > Portland Police Bureau > Public Safety Support Specialist Public Safety Support Specialist Budget Revenues by Fund 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed Internal Revenues $3,934,479 $0 $0 $941,988 General Fund $3,934,479 $0 $0 $941,988 Grand Total $3,934,479 $0 $0 $941,988 Program Expenses by Major Object Program expenses only include personnel, internal materials and services, external materials and services, and capital. 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed External Materials and $0 $0 $0 ($47,300) Services Internal Materials and $0 $0 $0 $66,475 Services Personnel $0 $0 $0 $922,813 Grand Total $0 $0 $0 $941,988 Program Description and Goals The Public Safety Support Specialists (PS3s) are responsible for providing support to sworn police officers in non-emergency, non- priority situations and assisting sworn personnel in community outreach with the public. They provide a visible, community-based police support function to enhance service to the public. The PS3s are distinguished from Police Officers in that they are a non- sworn and non-certified police support function. The main goals of the PS3 program are to enhance community engagement opportunities and reduce the number of armed police officers responding to lower priority calls for service. Services Non-priority call response; non-injury collision response; coordinate tow services; stolen vehicle recovery; property collection; police assistance 703

City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget Equity Impacts PS3s are required to complete procedural justice, equity, and implicit bias training as part of their mandatory training curriculum. Intentional community outreach being reintegrated into the workday is the cornerstone of the PS3 program. The program focuses on rebuilding community trust through meaningful engagement, quick response to community needs, and providing an unarmed presence to do so. Changes to Program The Public Safety Support Specialists were moved to this program offer in FY 2021-22 but due to clerical oversight reverted to the Neighborhood Response program offer. This has been corrected for FY 2026-27 with all positions appropriately assigned to the correct program area. 704

Parent: Portland Police Bureau · PDF: pp. 703-704 ↗