{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Honestly, Portland disbanded its mounted police team a few years ago because they were really ceremonial/reward duty (and the...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/669084830293786624/", "html": "<p>Honestly, Portland disbanded its mounted police team a few years ago because they were really ceremonial/reward duty (and the PPB has never been made whole from late-2000s cuts let alone kept up with growth, though there&rsquo;s a drive to correct that now). I remember as a kid Philly, which still had institutional memory of &lsquo;60s riots, used them pretty well for (potentially hostile) crowd control, maybe they&rsquo;ll get brought back for that.</p>"}