JOHN MOORE / GETTY IMAGES Three Multnomah County deputies had a simple answer when asked by internal investigators recently why they assisted federal immigration agents: They’d been doing it for years, and no one told them not to. Investigatory reports released by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office today shed light on the reasons the deputies—Keith […]
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ICE Detainees in the Dalles Are Planning Another Hunger Strike, Advocate Says
JOHN MOORE / GETTY IMAGES A group of roughly 20 immigrant detainees being held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a privately run facility in the Dalles will go on hunger strike today, according to a clergyman working with the inmates. Rev. Richard “Red” Stevens tells the Mercury inmates being held at the […]
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Hall Monitor: Danielle Outlaw Wants a Helper
Turns Out the Police Chief’s Been Planning a Big Change for Bureau Leadership.
Turns out the police chief’s been planning a big change for bureau leadership.
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Chief Danielle Outlaw Is Pushing a Brand New “Deputy Chief” Position Atop the Police Bureau
Police Chief Danielle Outlaw Portland Police Bureau Since taking over earlier this month, Police Chief Danielle Outlaw hasn’t been willing to talk about leadership changes she might enact at the Portland Police Bureau, but at least one fairly large change could go into effect as early as next week. Outlaw, a former deputy chief at […]
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Three Multnomah County Deputies Who Tipped Off ICE to Immigrants’ Whereabouts Won’t Face Discipline
JOHN MOORE / GETTY IMAGES Three Multnomah County deputies who shared the whereabouts of undocumented immigrants with federal agents last year did not intentionally break office policy and won’t be disciplined, the sheriff’s office says. In an email this afternoon, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says a months-long investigation into the deputies’ contact with US […]
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In 1996, Portland’s Police Chief Won $40K on Wheel of Fortune. Here’s Video.
In the autumn of 1996, Danielle Outlaw was a long way from where she is today: the first woman of color atop the Portland Police Bureau. In late November of that year, not so far from Thanksgiving, Outlaw (then Bowman, actually) was a junior at the University of San Francisco. And she was raking it […]
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Prosecutors Admit a Drug Charge Against Homeless Advocate Ibrahim Mubarak Had No Merit
Ibrahim Mubarak Prosecutors have decided “the facts did not support” a drug charge against respected homeless advocate Ibrahim Mubarak, after police accused him of knowingly having meth in the car he was driving while helping a homeless person avoid being swept earlier this year. On September 6, four months after Mubarak’s May 2 arrest, court […]
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The City’s Now Using “No Camping” Signs to Deter Campers from Parks
And It Might Be Working?
And it might be working?
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County Commissioner Lori Stegmann Got a Controversial Flag Removed from the Courthouse
Here’s Why
Here’s why.
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Police Reform Whirlwind! Council Kills 48-Hour Rule, Creates New Citizen Oversight Group
Doug Brown COAB 2.0 is alive—almost. After his initial idea for a new citizen board to oversee Portland police reforms was shred to bits earlier this month, Mayor Ted Wheeler brought forward a modified plan at a Portland City Council hearing this afternoon. And the council passed it in one go. A lot in the […]
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Why the Larry O’Dea Shooting Still Matters
His Lies (and Lies by Omission) Linger as Portland Awaits a New Police Chief
His lies (and lies by omission) linger as Portland awaits a new police chief.
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Former Chief Larry O’Dea Allowed Subordinates to Believe He Was Being Investigated For Shooting a Friend. He Wasn’t.
Ashley Anderson In the days after he mistakenly shot a friend in the back, former Police Chief Larry O’Dea allowed those around him to believe criminal and internal investigations into the matter were playing out, even though they weren’t. That’s a central conclusion of a findings memo [PDF] City Human Resources Director Anna Kanwit issued […]