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© Associated PressPortland police were bedeviled by nightly violent antifa protests.
The Police Bureau also anticipates another large wave of retirements this July and will be working to encourage those veteran officers while they're still working for the bureau to consider coming back under the program as well.
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© Reuters / Terray SylvesterPolice disperse protesters rallying against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Portland, Oregon, June 13, 2020
Only two recent retired officers among 81 contacted by Police Chief Chuck Lovell have expressed interest in helping fill Portland police vacancies under the city-approved retire-rehire program.

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© Portland Police DepartmentSecurity cameras capture rioters setting fire to the police union office in Portland, OR.
The chief urged them to consider returning in a letter last month, acknowledging that those who had retired since August 2020 left "at a time of great despair for the Bureau and the City of Portland."