Portland was on track this spring to see more than 10,000 car thefts by the end of 2023, making the city one of the most vulnerable in the U.S. to this particular crime, but in 23 recent missions police have recovered 197 stolen vehicles.
On Thursday, Portland Police Bureau officials cited this figure as they again touted results from their recently launched stolen-car operation, which uses a data-driven approach to identify and locate stolen cars.