City finally grants press access to names on “secret list.”
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The Secrets Behind the Secret List
City Finally Reveals “Secret List” of Probable Drug Abusers—But Is the Program Worth Saving?
Neighborhood Livability Crime Enforcement Program
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The Lost List
Attorneys Dig Deeper into City’s Secretive Program
Attorneys dig for more information on the city’s secret list of downtown offenders.
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Leonard’s Secret List
Commissioner’s Shady Scheme Faces Legal Challenge
Commissioner Randy Leonard is subpoenaed—again—to defend his Old Town crime program.
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The Policy that Wasn’t There
City’s Hazy Drug-Free Zone Replacement Program
AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS researching the city’s $1.3 million per year replacement program for the now defunct Drug-Free Zones (DFZs), the Mercury has been unable to find a clear and consistent written policy on the new program anywhere in Portland. The DFZs sunset last September, after independent statistical analysis showed African Americans were more likely to […]
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Blacklisted
Does City’s “Livability” List Have Racial Imbalance?
The city’s effective replacement for the now-defunct Drug-Free Zones (DFZs) appears to be targeting black people for harsher treatment by the judicial system—just as the DFZs did. Of the 408 people now on the city’s Neighborhood Livability Crime Enforcement Offender List (NLCEOL)—a list used to determine who is diverted into a city program that couples […]
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In the Shadows
One-Man Safety Net
[In the Shadows is a new biweekly column in which Mercury crime and cop reporter Matt Davis explores Portland’s underbelly.—eds.] Chris O’Connor is a cross between a public defender in community court and Superman. He’s a sharp-eyed, sharp-witted barrel of a guy, whose surprising lightness on his feet extends to his conversation—you don’t converse with […]
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Who’s Naughty?
The Police Are Checking Their Exclusion List Twice!
The police never intended for the list to become public. Created by officer Jeff Myers several months ago, the list contains the names of dozens of people whom the police are putting extra effort into clearing out of Old Town and downtown. Like a “wanted” poster from the Wild West, the list identifies suspected criminals […]