Whitey Ford
04-10-2023, 01:17 PM
Nike BEGS Portland mayor for police protection to reopen shuttered community store plagued with retail theft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrXtxV12cIc
It's also conveniently located on MLK BLVD which is notorious for being peaceful, orderly and community oriented. :lol
On February 9, Nike sent a letter to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and city officials asking for more police at their MLK Community Store, which has been closed for months because of ongoing retail theft, with the shoe brand even proposing to pay law enforcement directly if it would bring them the protection they were requesting.
According to KGW8, Nike proposed two options. The company was open to creating an "intergovernmental agreement" with the city of Portland to directly fund full-time police officers who would be selected to police the store. A second option would be to pay off-duty Portland Police Bureau officers as contracted security.
https://i.ibb.co/nrMVjh8/AWM111111111.jpg
Sarah Mensah, Nike's North America general manager, and chief security officer Joe Marsico said their company closed the MLK Community Store "in response to deteriorating public safety conditions and rapid escalation in retail theft.
https://thepostmillennial.com/nike-begs-portland-mayor-for-police-protection-to-reopen-shuttered-community-store-plagued-with-retail-theft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrXtxV12cIc
It's also conveniently located on MLK BLVD which is notorious for being peaceful, orderly and community oriented. :lol
On February 9, Nike sent a letter to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and city officials asking for more police at their MLK Community Store, which has been closed for months because of ongoing retail theft, with the shoe brand even proposing to pay law enforcement directly if it would bring them the protection they were requesting.
According to KGW8, Nike proposed two options. The company was open to creating an "intergovernmental agreement" with the city of Portland to directly fund full-time police officers who would be selected to police the store. A second option would be to pay off-duty Portland Police Bureau officers as contracted security.
https://i.ibb.co/nrMVjh8/AWM111111111.jpg
Sarah Mensah, Nike's North America general manager, and chief security officer Joe Marsico said their company closed the MLK Community Store "in response to deteriorating public safety conditions and rapid escalation in retail theft.
https://thepostmillennial.com/nike-begs-portland-mayor-for-police-protection-to-reopen-shuttered-community-store-plagued-with-retail-theft