Those all seem like very reasonable demands. Will the Mercury be asking the mayor for a point by point response? Maybe invite him to have his response published as a blogtown entry like this letter? I am genuinely interested in what the city's reponse is.

Collective bargaining is a give-and-take process. What would Dr. Haynes and Dr. Bethel suggest entice the union to agree to any of these proposals?

I like the post incident drug testing idea. OSHA and DOT makes everyone else do that. Plus you must move back to Portland post incident since no cops live in Portland.