Public outrage, not just conscience, leads to limits on juvenile arrests.
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Accountability? Not Always
Bias claim points to limitations in Portland’s police oversight system.
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ACTIVIST GROUP Oregon Action plans to present a petition to Police Chief Rosie Sizer next Monday, May 19, signed by more than 600 “concerned community members” who think the police bureau has been too slow to take action on racial profiling. The presentation of the petition will mark the two-year anniversary of the first listening […]
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Behind Closed Doors
Cop Review Group Plots Future in Secret
Last Thursday, April 17, the city auditor’s office held a closed-door meeting with members of the cops’ Citizen Review Committee (CRC) to discuss the group’s future. The CRC is part of the city’s Independent Police Review (IPR) division, which was criticized in a consultant’s report recently for conducting too much of its business behind closed […]
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Mixed Reviews
Cop Review Report Divides City Leadership
ARIZONA CONSULTANT Eileen Luna-Firebaugh finally presented her critical report on the city’s Independent Police Review (IPR) to council last Wednesday, March 19—but it appears to have done little to bridge the divide between critics and proponents of the way police oversight is conducted in Portland. The IPR currently dismisses 68 percent of the roughly 700 […]
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Twice as Bad
Is Cop Review Doubling Police Accountability Payouts?
NEW FINANCIAL ANALYSIS of police accountability settlements paid out by the city from 1993 to 2005 shows the creation of the Independent Police Review (IPR) may have, in fact, led to a 197 percent rise in cop-related payouts. City Auditor Gary Blackmer, who ran the IPR until the mayor moved to seize control of it […]
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POTTER SEIZES COP REVIEW Mayor Tom Potter took control of the Independent Police Review (IPR) back from City Auditor Gary Blackmer last Friday, February 29. Blackmer, along with his colleague, former IPR Director Leslie Stevens—who recently took a job with the police bureau—is now absolved from responsibility for fixing problems cited in an independent consultant’s […]
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IPR REPORT DELAYED The mayor’s office has postponed a council hearing about a controversial report on the Independent Police Review (IPR). The hearing, scheduled for Thursday, February 28, has been postponed until March when it will be turned into a council work session—which also removes the opportunity for public comment on the report. “We’re not […]
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Reviewing the Review
Leonard Pushes Mayor on Cop Review Report
City Commissioner Randy Leonard is throwing stones at Mayor Tom Potter over the credibility of an independent consultant’s report released last month, which said the community doesn’t trust the city’s Independent Police Review (IPR). The report, by Arizona-based consultant Eileen Luna-Firebaugh, came back to the mayor’s office on January 24 and will be presented to […]