PORTLAND — City consultants have found that court-ordered training for a specialized crowd control unit run by Portland police turned out to be “overall disappointing” and led by an instructor who at times “appeared dismissive” of the judge’s ruling.
The training happened in March before members of the team resigned en masse in June.
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