It's been nearly three weeks since the new Measure 110 reforms and deflection program began in Deschutes County and across the state -- and at this point, local treatment services are calling it a ...

They’re likely an undercount of potential deflection participants because police have been repeatedly criticized for not writing enough Measure 110 citations.

Vega Pederson also publicly called for the Legislature to spend $25 million on a dropoff and “deflection” center in Portland where police can “divert eligible participants away from the ...

So far, more than 30 people have been referred to the program which is part of the Oregon legislature's reform of Measure 110.