Officers, sergeants resign en masse from Portland’s Rapid Response Team crowd control unit - oregonlive.com

Officers, sergeants resign en masse from Portland’s Rapid Response Team crowd control unit - oregonlive.com: Officers who serve on the Portland Police Bureau’s specialized crowd control unit, known as the Rapid Response Team, voted to resign from the team during a meeting Wednesday night then alerted the chief’s office, a police lieutenant and the mayor’s office have confirmed. The unprecedented move by officers and sergeants to disband their own team came a day after a team member, Officer Cody Budworth, was indicted, accused of fourth-degree assault stemming from a baton strike against a protester last summer. A year ago, about 70 members comprised the team.