News Oct 15, 2009 at 4:00 am

Is Police Commissioner Losing Community Support?

Illustrations by Wilder Schmaltz

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That picture is dangerously incorrect.

Saltzman does not equal scapegoat.

Saltzman does equal goatfucker.
2
Mildred Schwab also was police commissioner for a time in the early 80's.
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Number Six, your comment is really uncalled for. Being Police Commissioner is a thankless job, but let's leave name calling to the middle school playground and the OregonLive Forums.
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The police commissioner needs to counter-balance the power of the police union, and their secret files, with the needs of the public for a accountable police force.

Dan Saltzman is not the personality to do that. He is quiet and seldom speaks out or confronts problems. What are Dan Saltzman's achievements?
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I send respectful emails to Sizer and Saltzman occasionally, asking them to fire the Chasse cops. I've tried sending resignation requests to the cops themselves, but those always bounce (even though I've verified with the station that I have the addresses right). I cc S/S on those as well.

Time is not dimming my anger over James Chasse's death. I talk to a lot of people about it, and the ones who didn't care initially often start to care once they get more of the story.

My emails are to remind the authorities that this is still a big deal to some of us, it's not going away, and much more must be done before people forgive. I've never gotten a reply, btw.

Talk to ya again soon, Dan!

6
Well then I vote for Maurice Lucas for police commissioner.

Here's the process of elimination. Sam doesn't want to do it - what's the good part? Randy shouldn't do it. Amanda would negotiate and get spun. Nick would negotiate and get outmaneuvered. That leaves Dan. Which obviously isn't a solution either. Which moves back to Anna's point, and Sam's going to have to get involved.

Here's the upside to Sam being police commissioner; he'll win big with his core constituency when he cracks open the question, what ever happened to community policing?

We've assumed, now for decades, that the PPB is moving to a community policing model. From Penny Harrington to Rosie Sizer, the promise has been personal relationships mitigate crime. And we're farther away than ever.

In hindsight, Derrick Foxworth was a great loss.
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"My emails are to remind the authorities that this is still a big deal to some of us, it's not going away, and much more must be done before people forgive. I've never gotten a reply, btw."


Well the Dan, Sizer, & the rest of those pigs are all cowards, so i certainly wouldn't expect a reply ever! Still, you should keep it up... atleast until they ARREST you for "interfering" with offical police duties.
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This story highlights a dangerous relationship that exists between a tyranical police chief and a lamely acting City Commissioner.

I am beyond incensed that this dysfunctioning relationship between a police chief and her supposed supervisor would preclude there being justice for a innocent man's death. Horrific unjustified, criminal death. Death by the very police that were supposed to protect him - not kill him. What, I wonder is Ms. Saltzman's "supervising"? It infuriates me to imagine he is CHOOSING to not supervise in proactive terms Ms. Sizer at all.

This city should now be focused ahead to a far more objective and fair federal civil rights jury trial (one that local thugs like D.A. Schrunk and Chief Sizer cannot manipulate) that looms in the near distance - that will view the totality of this evidence and find these sworn testimony conflicting officers guilty - once and for all - and imprison these police officers - for the strongest charges that can be brought against them. For murder.

Post federal civil rights convictions for murder there will be nothing for D.A. Schrunk to be able to "excuse" away in any of that. And there will be nothing more for Chief Sizer to try to deflect upon innocent victim Mr. Chasse ever again in that verdict, either. Only the truth - standing alone. And standing testament to what truly happened. And finally allowing a murdered man a respectful measure of long overdue justice.





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Is the text of the actual investigation of this matter available anywhere?
I would like to see the written report.
It's obvious, at least to me, that this country has turned into a quasi police state.
Police have unprecedented power and are never to blame when things go wrong.
Even in so called "lefty" Portland we have a right wing police force.

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