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Former Portland Mayor Tom Potter Endorses Mike Schmidt for Multnomah County District Attorney

Former Portland Mayor Tom Potter has endorsed Mike Schmidt for the 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney’s race.

Mr. Potter served as mayor of Portland from 2005 to 2009. Previously, he served Portland for 27 years as a police officer, including serving three years as Chief of Police for PPB.

“As DA, Mike has focused on our most pressing public safety challenges like gun violence and car thefts. At the same time he is implementing much needed reforms to address transparency, accountability, an

Nov
30
2023
NEWS ARTICLE

DA Mike Schmidt urges tougher approach to drug crimes while keeping heart of Measure 110 intact

“I still believe connecting people to treatment is the right thing, but we also have to preserve our public spaces for everybody, and right now that’s not happening,” he said in an interview with The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Oct
9
2023
NEWS ARTICLE

Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announces new homicide unit

DA Mike Schmidt said his office is also working with OHSU on a homicide review committee to study ways to intervene before someone commits a homicide.

Sep
26
2023
NEWS ARTICLE

Multnomah Co. District Atty. Mike Schmidt discusses Measure 110, problems facing county

In the interview, DA Schmidt discusses some of Multnomah County's most pressing problems and how his office is addressing them.

Sep
3
2023
NEWS ARTICLE

Auto, retail theft will be investigated by new DA teams funded with $800K

Nearly $800,000 from the city and Multnomah County will go to hire two special teams of prosecutors and investigators to build cases against people accused of chronic retail theft and car heists plaguing Portland, District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced Monday.

May
1
2023
NEWS ARTICLE

Crime in Oregon starts to trend down, according to FBI data

A rise in crime during the pandemic across most of Oregon’s largest cities – including Portland – is abating, according to a new state analysis of preliminary federal crime data.

Apr
19
2023