Portland officials this week approved approximately $6 million in funds to combat shootings, though none of the money will go to the city’s police department. About a quarter of the funds will provide for the hiring of more unarmed park rangers. “They will not replace police but will continue to fulfill their existing roles as park rangers and as goodwill ambassadors who provide a positive community safety presence in our parks and surrounding neighborhoods,” Ricardo Lujan-Valerio, policy director for Commissioner Carmen Rubio, told the April 7 City Council meeting before the vote. The park ranger program currently has 24 full-time staffers. The funding will enable the program to quickly expand, a park official said during the meeting. Another $3.5 million is dedicated to community organizations that work on intervention and other efforts related to shootings. Most of the remaining funds, $600,000, will go to “emerging or small organizations are willing and …