Pickett's Charge: Read This Cop's New Column in Street Roots

News The latest issue of Street Roots debuts a new monthly column by Officer Robert Pickett, a beat cop from the Portland Police Bureau's Central Precinct. I confess I was doubtful when Street Roots director Israel Bayer told me a few weeks back about the new column in the paper. But Pickett does an admirable job of putting a human face on his job—and of highlighting the troubled intersection ...   More