The city has settled dozens of claims and lawsuits and more are pending So far, the city of Portland has paid over $2.8 million resolving police use of force lawsuits and claims stemming from the racial justice protests that roiled the city in 2020. The M ...
5 Apr 2023 - Piper McDaniel
An illustration of a burning Multnomah County Justice Center and a secretive abbreviation are among the content of a law enforcement challenge coin now being reviewed by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Professional Standards Unit. Several 2020 Port ...
13 Apr 2022 - K. Rambo
Are body-worn cameras a remedy to police use of force or a really expensive way to record police assaults? In response to police violence against protestors in the summer of 2020 and the murder of George Floyd, the United States Department of Justice prop ...
28 Feb 2022 - Ariel Stone and Amanda Marshall
Take the Portland Street Response program out of the police union contact In June, amid immense public outcry surrounding the death of George Floyd and other Black Americans who have died at the hands of police, the Street Roots Editorial Board called for ...
17 Mar 2021 - SR editorial board
Advocates call for competitive bidding and cultural diversity in the selection of the specialist who evaluates police recruits Advocates for police accountability and for Portland’s African-American community are once again asking the city of Portland and ...
30 Nov 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Portland City Council demands better police accountability – and public input On Wednesday this week, Portland City Council made two important decisions regarding the city’s police force: One to move forward, the other to step back. Both were the right mo ...
11 Aug 2017 - SR editorial board
2016 saw the highest number of complaints in recent years, with a disproportionate percentage coming from African-Americans The Independent Police Review’s Annual Report shows community members filed 435 complaints against Portland police in 2016. It’s t ...
25 May 2017 - Emily Green
Commissioners vote against exonerating officer who used Taser on man with epilepsy, mental illness at least four times Updated at 2:30 p.m. to include comments from Portland Copwatch. For the first time in 14 years, Portland City Council was called upon W ...
23 Feb 2017 - Emily Green