Laurelhurst neighborhood Safety Info
Instructions on how to report illegal camping to the city can be found here.
A contact list of city officials for sending letters of concern can be found here.
All of the monthly Safety Committee Tips & Resources can be found here.
The City’s Crime Prevention page also has many specific safety documents.
Safety Zone Ordinance & Letter of Support
The Laurelhurst Public Safety Committee has spent substantial time and effort in creating the Safety Zone Ordinance regarding unlawful camping near places children congregate. Please read the ordinance here. After reading the ordinance, you can download a letter of support, copy and paste (adding your name and address at the bottom) and then send to Mayor Wheeler and all of our City commissioners.
Join the Laurelhurst Foot Patrol – We now have a trained group of volunteers patrolling our neighborhood. They are recruiting additional volunteers. Click here to learn more.
Reporting Unlawful Camping
Significant and sustained public pressure, not just from the LNA but also from as many Laurelhurst residents as possible, will be required to cause the city to address this problem. We encourage all Laurelhurst residents to report tent and vehicle camping to the City as often as possible, even daily. The more reports, the higher priority the city assigns to the problem.
The One Point of Contact online form is the primary way to report tent and vehicle camping.
You can also report illegal camping activity to phone number 503-823-4000 and via email (reportpdx@portlandoregon.gov).
Please also write or call your elected officials, in particular Mayor Ted Wheeler (mayorwheeler@portlandoregon.gov and 503-823-4127) and Commissioner Hardesty who manages PBOT (joann@portlandoregon.gov).
Finally, Foot Patrols for Laurelhurst are being organized, you can learn more by contacting Mark Wells and reading about the program here.
– Teresa Browning, LNA Safety Chair
See an incident you need to report, but not sure who to call? Save these numbers in your phone.
9-1-1:
For reporting an active incident of violence, medical emergency or life-threatening event.
Multnomah county behavioral health crisis hotline:
A 24/7 call center for reporting a mental health breakdown or crisis. Call (503) 988-4888 or toll-free at 1-800-716-9769
Non-emergency line:
For situations that are not an immediate threat to life or property. Call (503) 823-3333
311 (Multnomah county):
For questions, local government service needs, reporting a stolen bike or pothole within Multnomah County.