PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland police face a growing strain as they monitor protests near the ICE facility in South Portland, with National Guard troops yet to arrive.

Federal court documents show the Police Bureau logged more than 1,000 overtime hours between Sept. 28 and Oct. 1, costing taxpayers over $100,000.

Last Sunday alone, the bureau spent nearly $58,000 in overtime.

Special units, including Rapid Response and Incident Management Teams, have been activated at the ICE facility, pulling officers off regular patrols and leaving other parts of the city with less police coverage, according to the court documents.

At a press conference Friday, Portland Police Chief Bob Day said, “We have invested hundreds of man hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars in an attempt to provide a

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