Multnomah Co. has sobering beds for first time since 2019, not just for drug charge deferment
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Multnomah County is opening up sobering beds at its deflection center. County leaders say this will give police a place to take people who may not be committing a crime but who are too intoxicated to stay on the street.
Currently, police are only taking people to the deflection center as an alternative to drug possession charges. But come Monday, April 28, that will change with the center now offering 13 new sobering stations and switching from daytime only to a 24/7 operation.
"This location is gonna be doing both of those things — the deflection for those people who still have that drug enforcement misdemeanor as well as the more broader sobering services," said County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson.
She noted that while initially this will rely on police, the intention is to expand.
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