ALERT! SECOND City Council Hearing on Changes to Police Oversight System

ALERT! SECOND City Council Hearing on Changes to Police Oversight System

• Date: Wed, November 30, 2011
• Time: 2pm – 3pm
• Location: Portland City Council Chambers, SW 4th and Madison
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Purpose

ALERT! SECOND City Council Hearing on Changes to Police Oversight System and Bureau Policies

• Who: Portland City Council (call to action from Portland Copwatch)
• What: Hearing on Changes to Police Oversight System and Bureau Policies
• When: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 2:00 PM
• Where: Portland City Council Chambers, SW 4th and Madison
• How: Just show up for support, or sign up and testify to Council

Flyer for event: http://portlandcopwatch.org/ipr_allout_flyer1111c.pdf

Over 150 recommendations were made from several different groups. The council is implementing 7. From Portland Copwatch: Police Oversight Stakeholder Report:

               41 recommendations (mostly IPR/CRC)

Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform:

               49 recommendations (7 about IPR/CRC)

Citizen Review Committee:

               10 recommendations (about shootings)
               58 recommendations (about IPR/CRC system)
               9 priority recommendations (about IPR/CRC)

Total: _____

               167 including duplicates

So including overlap and duplicates, we found, as noted below, over 150 recommendations covered in Mayor/Chief (103) and Auditor's (115) documents.

The Auditor's proposal to change the IPR/CRC ordinance address just three (3) of those proposed changes, though it now also includes four (4) other changes that are cosmetic or clarifying in nature, so a total of 7.

Note also this excessive force information: Portland Police plan to switch to Red Sabre Pepper Spray soon. It is 7 times hotter than current Def-Tec. Feel free to testify about this.