When the snowstorm ended and the ice thawed — there was a lot to celebrate. During the snowstorm, a coordinated emergency effort led by the Portland Housing Bureau and others brought together an army of city and county workers and volunteers to do outreac ...
15 Feb 2014 - SR editorial board
LaVonne Griffin-Valade doesn’t mince her words. Nor would she. As a former elementary school teacher and aspiring fiction writer, she values the precision of perfect grammar. As the city’s auditor, she values the ability of a well-written, researched — an ...
12 Feb 2014 - Amanda Waldroupe
The future of the Portland Police Bureau: Community voice Jo Ann Hardesty By Jo Ann Hardesty, Contributing Columnist Finally, someone has called it like it is. On Sept. 12, the highest-ranking law enforcement officials, having studied the Portland Auditor ...
2 Oct 2012 - Street Roots
The future of the Portland Police Bureau: Chief Mike Reese By Michael Reese, Contributing Columnist Recently, Portland police officers responded to a call regarding a distraught man who told onlookers near the RiverPlace Marina he was going to commit suic ...
2 Oct 2012 - Street Roots
People will be talking about it: the police, the charter commission and the work to be done By Jake Thomas, Staff writer A common pattern often emerges after a citizen dies at the hands of police. There is public rage. The city promises reform, and then t ...
15 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
Police to get DV crisis advocates to assist in evening, weekend calls By Joanne Zuhl On its first meeting in what is Domestic Violence Awareness month, Portland stepped up its game by funding a new program to have domestic violence advocates work alongsid ...
5 Oct 2011 - Street Roots
Street Blues: Friends on the force are the hardest to leave behind I’m with Portland Copwatch. Why are you harassing this man?” I looked up in disbelief from Mr. Jarmer, an elderly, homeless regular of SE Hawthorne whom I’d gotten to know during my summe ...
23 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
Street Blues: Defense principle protects against a moment too late Nine years ago, I attended my first defensive tactics class at the basic police academy. Defensive tactics are the techniques officers use to keep themselves safe. These include control h ...
25 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
Street Blues: Separating Hollywood’s myths from reality on the street I recently watched a TV remake of a famous police show that takes place in Hawaii. In one scene the heroes used a helicopter to block the fleeing kidnappers’ car. The kidnappers jumped ...
1 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
The answer awaits for a familiar question on the street Where am I supposed to go?” I’ve heard this question before, at similar volume, from many people over the years. It usually signals a homeless citizen pushed to the end of their rope by multiple poli ...
2 Feb 2011 - Street Roots