DIRECTOR'S DESK | Portland’s City Council has a chance to change the city's legacy of prioritizing police over its Black residents’ well-being Portland City Council members will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday to determine how the city’s budget of $4.4 ...
10 Jun 2020 - Kaia Sand
The bureau wants someone knowledgeable of homeless issues to train police to better respond to the needs of unsheltered communities Portland Police Bureau is looking to hire a homeless community liaison, according to a job announcement posted Monday morni ...
17 Dec 2018 - Street Roots Staff
U.S. attorney reviewing federal officer-led arrest at free-speech rally The U.S. Attorney’s Office is investigating militia involvement in the arrest of a man protesting the June 4 free-speech rally in downtown Portland, according to a spokesperson for Fe ...
6 Jun 2017 - Emily Green
In the new documentary “ Arresting Power,” which premiered at the Northwest Film Center in January, there is a 1981 film clip of Portland police commissioner Charles Jordan in heated dialogue with outraged citizens protesting a blatant act of racial haras ...
24 Feb 2015 - Martha Gies
When Mic Crenshaw came to Portland, it was sort of like shaking a personal Etch A Sketch. He wanted a fresh start. That is understandable. He had left behind an on-going struggle with white supremacists in Minneapolis, Minn. His connection to the streets ...
10 Jan 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Portland State University administration is currently forwarding a proposal to create a sworn police force on the PSU campus. Faculty and staff of Portland State University’s School of Social Work, School of Gender, Race and Nations, and many other facult ...
6 Dec 2014 - PSU Faculty Members
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
Sisters, police reach agreement on chronic nuisance Test will come as all involved expect a tough summer ahead Sisters Of The Road and representatives of the Portland Police Bureau reached an agreement this afternoon on how to alleviate the chronic nuisan ...
11 Mar 2010 - Street Roots
Matters of life or death Mental health activist Jason Renaud weighs in on the latest shooting by police of unarmed citizens in crisis By Israel Bayer Staff Writer Jason Renaud had been an advocate for the rights of people with addiction and mental illness ...
18 Feb 2010 - Street Roots
With winter coming, the city explores where people can sleep- legally From the Oct. 2 edition of Street Roots Just as the city of Portland, service providers and advocates are seeking ways to allow homeless individuals without access to shelter “get a dec ...
15 Oct 2009 - Street Roots