Cops' encounter with Moore on February 8 was less helpful. According to a tort claim notice filed with the city earlier this year, police showed up at Moore's apartment at roughly 8:30 pm that night, accusing her of failing to take care of the earlier charges and unlawfully arresting her days before her first scheduled STOP court hearing.
"Ms. Moore explained that she had already resolved the charges that arose from the January 27, 2015 arrest, and was participating in the Multnomah County drug court program (aka, STOP), which prevented her from having further contact with the police," reads a tort claim notice filed by Moore's attorney on June 16. "Despite being expressly aware that the charges had been resolved, the officers arrested Ms. Moore again for conduct that occurred on January 27 2015."
Moore says the re-arrest amounted to a breach of her constitutional rights, and the city agrees it might look that way. Tomorrow, Portland City Council will consider whether to pay her $12,500 for the arrest, after a recommendation from Risk Management staffers that there's a "risk the city may be found liable."
You might remember Moore's initial arrest, by the way. Along with drugs, cops also found what they said was a stolen camera in her back seat. They released several photos from the camera, in hopes that its owners would come forward. It worked!
Update, Wednesday 12:40 pm: It turns out Moore agreed to become an informant for police when she was arrested. But since she joined the STOP court, she wasn't allowed to follow through.
At a hearing where Portland City Council approved the $12,500 payment this morning, risk management staffer Randy Stenquist laid out the scenario for council.
"After failing to meet with the officers as agreed in the earlier discussion, the officers went to her house," Stenquist said. "The officers did not follow well-established protocols. There's clearly a problem with how it all played out."
Stenquist says the Portland Police Bureau is tweaking its directives because of the incident.
