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Completed By: Zak Gosa-Lewis, Public Information Coordinator

INFORMATION:
Recently, members of the Springfield Police Department, with the support of area retailers, applied for grant funding through the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission’s 2023-2025 Organized Retail Theft Grant Program.

SPD was awarded over $500,000 to be used over the next two years to combat organized retail theft here in Springfield. These funds will be used to continue the efforts of the Crime Reduction Unit, which has already successfully recovered thousands of dollars in retail goods and arrested dozens of perpetrators since its inception roughly a year ago.

Thanks to the hard work of the SPD personnel involved, the support of our retail partners, and the State, our department is now even better prepared to combat ORT activities affecting our community.

For more information on the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission’s 2023-2025 Organized Retail Theft Grant program visit: https://www.oregon.gov/cjc/ort/pages/default.aspx