How big is this list that it's gonna take six pages to print the whole thing? Your pages aren't exactly tiny. Or are you just gonna run a lot of ads around the list?

Probably a load of pictures. And ads. And pictures of poop.

Randy Leonard wrote this in the Mercury:

"I have never been told of a list, I have never seen a list, I have never been told by the police bureau there is such a list, I have never emailed an officer or anyone else about a list, I do not direct the program, I do not sit on meetings about he program, no one has ever invited me to be in a meeting about the program. I have not emailed or received any emails about the program." [ See September 2, 2008 comment of Randy Leonard at http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Pr… ]

He wrote this in 2008 well after the list was started and well after the list was being used to prosecute, sort and single out particular arrestees. Yet in the video above, he clearly admits that he was involved with this program since the beginning. He also later went on to say he was no longer involved in this program (See Amy ruiz writing here: http://www.portlandonline.com/leonard/inde… ) So which is it Commissioner? Did you know about the list or not?

@Matt - Can you respond to the "public shaming" comment in the video? Publishing the list across six whole pages could at least appear that way, whatever your intent, right? Are the actual names really newsworthy, or just juicy gossip?

We will not be publishing the entire list over six pages. It was a joke. I'm disappointed I have to spell this out, but this is the internet, so I suppose I should have known.

Randy mentioned his particular family situation. Any news on that? The Williamette Week article is old so what's happening now? Did the daughter ever get picked up on the warrant and the bail jumping (is bail jumping a crime also?) Is Leonard's kid on the list and getting treatment out of this program? I assume her arrest recored is also public and not defamatory in and of itself. Low Level System Worker or malevolent "targeted leaker" in the police bureau where are you? Enlighten us! (since the Merc and WW remain mum)

Matt - at least publish the list on blogtown "below the jump" or let those info geeks among us have access to a spreadsheet so we can run the racial demographics. Crowdsource the analysis.

Matt, I'm a little confused by the 1.2 million figure. Drug treatment for 53 people (by even liberal accounting) should cost tiny fraction of that (at least according to the study the White House has been running with: http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govstudy/f027/cost…).

By my admittedly rough math skills, 1.2 million is closer to what it would cost to have those 53 people in jail for a year (via the Pew "One in 31" report http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report… )

What are they doing on top of the drug treatment that is costing so much?

It is interesting about the "secret list" and the "secret" about Commissioner Leonard's daughter - neither were. The secrets were known several years ago. Were they not?

Old Town

Guarding our nation's water supply is a good idea - but isn't that the responsibility of Homeland Security?

@#6: Recall Randy Leonard! Unlike Sam Adams, he actually lied about something that actually relates to city government.

@Matt Davis: I got it. Although I expect it will show up in print; I have a hard time imagining that Busted wouldn't run the list (compete with mug shots.)

@atomic What AREN'T they doing, is the question. And yes, that's what they're spending.

We'll be covering this story in depth over the next few weeks. Check le paper for more.

At least the 1.2 million isn't a no-bid contract. What? It is? Well crap. That's a bit unseemly. Next you'll tell me that the agency getting the contract isn't adding new beds, but simply using the money to fill existing beds that were previously available to non-secret list clients who are now S.O.L.

Why the sudden interest in this by City Council? It has been an issue for a long time, and not a secret one.

let's all give Randy 3 loud cheers! way to go! this is what it takes to give poor old Saltman a few jolts of testosterone and stiffen up his spine so he perchance will finally get around to doing his flipping job as the "Commissioner of Police" rather than their "Yes Man" who fends for them and covers their asses each and ever chance he gets. the intelligent people are putting Saltzman under a microscope and we don't like the view we're getting of this Panty-Waister. let's encourage Randy to stay on the roll he's on...make 'em run Randy...make 'em run and hide before their found out for what they really are...not what they say they are! go Randy go!

I would ask that all those waiting anxiously to jump on the "the list is racist" bandwagon hold off on that for a bit. Just because there are more of a certain racial minority on the list doesn't make it racist. Sorry if this blows anybody's mind, but its true.