This is a very Portland problem. The city, as most people know, has a large number of anarchist goons who enjoy breaking windows in their spare time. Often the vandalism is discovered by police late at night or early in the morning. So the city had a contract with a company which operated as 1-800 BOARDUP. If the business owner isn’t on site or can’t be reached, police could call that number and the company would sent someone out to put up plywood.
Under the contract, 911 dispatchers call in the board-up company at the request of police when an owner isn’t available or can’t do the work themselves, according to the ombudsman.
The contractor, available around the clock, is supposed to send an invoice to the Portland Police Bureau’s fiscal division. The city then compensates the contractor and bills the property owner, including a 15% administrative fee.
That’s how it was…
