Willamette Week - Cops and Courts http://www.wweek.com/portland/articles.sec-128-1-cops_and_courts.html Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT+7 en hourly 1 Busted Ranks - New allegations from a former vice cop about the top brass. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18762-busted_ranks_new_allegations_from_a_former_vice_cop_about_the_top_brass.html A former vice cop is making new allegations of retaliation, lying and backbiting in the highest ranks of the Portland Police Bureau—after he gave a series of interviews about the city’s fail]]> Out Of Order - The Oregon Courts have so far spent $23 million on a new computer system with little to show for it. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17565-out_of_order_the_oregon_courts_have_so_far_spent_%2423_million_on_a_new_computer_system_with_little_.html The state of Oregon has a long history of bungled computer and high-tech projects: DMV, the State Data Center and OWIN]]> Lord Of The Files - An Oregon lawyer fights to open police internal affairs records. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17312-lord_of_the_files_an_oregon_lawyer_fights_to_open_police_internal_affairs_records.html When police raided William Traverso’s house last fall, it wasn’t the first time cops had come knocking. Traverso was caught up in a 2008 FBI ]]> JTTF: WTF? - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17232-jttf_wtf_.html Last week, Mayor Sam Adams canceled for the third time a hearing on whether Portland should rejoin the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.  And so far, Commissioner Randy Leonard is the only p]]> Justice Postponed - An Oregon couple waits and waits for the trial of an Ecuadorian man charged with their son’s murder. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17015-justice_postponed_an_oregon_couple_waits_and_waits_for_the_trial_of_an_ecuadorian_man_charged_with_t.html A year and a half after police found Max Chamberlin fatally shot in the back seat of a car in Ecuador, his parents in east Multnomah County are still awaiting justice. The trial of the man accused]]> Missing Justus - A Portland cop says he was forced out of his job over a human-trafficking case. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-16968-missing_justus_a_portland_cop_says_he_was_forced_out_of_his_job_over_a_human_trafficking_case.html The Portland Police Bureau’s former point man on the issue of human trafficking has put the city on notice that he intends to sue his former supervisor for gender harassment.]]> Plaque Flak - Police reformers want a closer look at the city’s handling of Nazi memorials. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-12611-plaque_flak_police_reformers_want_a_closer_look_at_the_city%E2%80%99s_handling_of_nazi_memorials.html