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Effort to Send Climate Dollars to Cops Won’t Qualify For November Ballot
Petitioners threaten legal action after ballot initiative to use Portland Clean Energy Funds for hiring more police failed to garner enough legally valid signatures.
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‘Safer Portland’ Campaign Faces New Complaints As Elections Officials Work to Certify Measure For November Ballot
The city and state are awash in complaints over an initiative to use climate funds to hire more police. What happens next?
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Road Rules
Police policies allow at-fault drivers to leave certain crash scenes without so much as a ticket.
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Portland City Council Adopts New Law Enforcement Mask Ban, ID Requirements
The city ordinance won’t give local police the authority to unmask ICE, but its supporters say it will help verify and prevent law enforcement impersonators.
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Cop Union Alleges City Councilor Interference in New Police Oversight System
Councilor Sameer Kanal was invited to present at a meeting of the Community Board for Police Accountability. The Portland Police Association is crying foul.
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Will a Bill Inspired by the Oregon Occupation Hamper Police Transparency?
Advocates Think So
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In Other News
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Claim Dumpers
A Decades-Old Law Says City Hall Should Do the Right Thing. No One Remembers It.
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Violators Will Be Prosecuted
Portland’s Finally Enforcing Restraining Orders. Will We Keep It Up?