New evidence could influence decision to exonerate The Portland Police Bureau's error in supplying the Citizen Review Committee with the wrong set of protocols may have influenced its decision to exonerate one of the bureau’s officers. The officer ...
20 May 2016 - Emily Green
With its $1,000 admission price, exclusionary Meet the Heat event promotes narrow agenda, protesters say Attendees to a fundraiser at the Portland Police Training Center in Northeast Portland the morning of Friday, April 1, were greeted by a group of prot ...
8 Apr 2016 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
How Portland police and local courts wasted time and money on a petty theft of mere fractions of a penny There are common misdemeanor offenses and then there are the obscure. This past July, a homeless Portland woman was charged with third-degree theft wh ...
6 Mar 2015 - Emily Green
The Portland Police Bureau recently made a stunning and unprecedented discovery — but, sadly, no one noticed. Probably because most of us knew it all along. Their non-breakthrough was this: Sometimes, the right police action is no action at all. After a d ...
19 Jan 2015 - Jason Renaud an...
What a week on the homeless front. A partnership between some of the most powerful interests in the city and a group of homeless activist, a snowstorm and the Portland police chief announcing a plan to address homelessness downtown. Wow. I haven’t even me ...
7 Feb 2014 - Israel Bayer
Exhibit shines light on nearly three decades of police surveillance on Portland activists The 1960s, '70s and '80s were a heady time in Portland, both politically and socially. Women and minorities organized for their rights. Activists campaigne ...
21 Nov 2013 - Jake Thomas
By Becky Straus, Contributing Columnist On March 27, with dissenting votes from Commissioners Fritz and Novick, the Portland City Council voted to accept the annual report on the Portland Police Bureau’s collaboration with the Joint Terrorism Task Force ( ...
18 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
SR editorial: Health care crisis far wider than DOJ report When it comes to police conduct in this city, there is always a bounty of finger pointing to go around. The Department of Justice’s report on its investigation of the Portland Police Bureau points ...
10 Oct 2012 - Street Roots
Good news, bad news in the war against domestic violence By Greg Stewart, Contributing Columnist There is a disproportionately large and vastly underestimated impact of domestic violence on public safety. Just how widespread is the impact of domestic viol ...
4 Jul 2012 - Street Roots
SR editorial: Walking beats key to keeping our streets safe Street Roots and its vendors witness and experience both legal policies and illegal activities that play out on the streets of Portland. That’s why when law enforcement and community groups targe ...
1 Feb 2012 - Street Roots