Some also have laws that only state residents can be police. In NYC, they only hire residents of New York for example, even though just across the Hudson River lies NJ many areas of which are rather (relatively) quick commutes into the city. We have Portland, OR cops living outside of Oregon, including Vancouver across the Columbia River from the city.

Portland cops should be Oregon residents, preferably with a far higher number from Portland and living here.

@2 This has been an issue for decades, so what was their excuse 10 years ago?

For decades, Portland Police have abdicated any responsibility for public safety. They've done as little as possible about real crimes by real criminals and spent their time abusing black and brown people, the homeless and the mentally ill. They loathe Portland.