News The City Council this afternoon heard testimony from dozens of fired-up Portlanders urging immediate action on a proposed ordinance to boost oversight of the Portland Police Bureau. "Please, listen to the people," said Ursula Anderson of Northeast Portland. "You have the power to make a decision today. You have the authority— we voted for you. Make a decision today." Coming on the heels ...   More

News Police Chief Rosie Sizer just got done with a news conference to take questions about yesterday's fatal shooting at Hoyt Arboretum of a man by a police officer - the second fatal shooting this year by a Portland cop. Sizer left a lot of questions unanswered in this most recent shooting, including the man's identity, how close the officer was to the man when he shot him or how many shots were ...   More

News As Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman (above) deals with the fallout from the latest officer-involved fatal shooting in Portland, Mayor Sam Adams is bracing Portlanders for the July closure of Saks Fifth Avenue, the downtown luxury retail store. Adams issued a 600-word press release about Saks' closure at 10:48 am today: “The property owners, the Portland Development Commission and I made ...   More

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News Portland police this morning identified the man shot Monday afternoon in Hoyt Arboretum as 58-year-old Jack Dale Collins. He also used the first name of Jackie. A search of the state court database reveals a snapshot of a man who appears to have been caught in a long cycle of alcoholism and homelessness. Collins' first arrest in Oregon appears to have been in 1993, when he was charged with ...   More

News After requests from WW and other media for interviews about recently reported road-rage incidents involving Portland police, Chief Rosie Sizer this evening responded with a brief written statement. "Our officers are held accountable for their actions both on and off duty," says the statement, which was sent by email. "People are drawing conclusions about 1,000 officers based on recent reports ...   More

News After gaining permission from Multnomah County Circuit Court Presiding Judge Jean Maurer, the District Attorney's office today released the grand jury transcripts on the March 22 fatal shooting of Jackie Collins. A grand jury last week declined to indict Officer Jason Walters in the shooting. The transcripts are now available on the DA's website. It's the second time that city officials ...   More

News One of the Portland cops involved in the 2006 death of James Chasse Jr. was involved over the weekend in a road-rage incident in Washington County. Portland police have opened an internal investigation in the incident, which cops say occurred when Sgt. Kyle Nice was off-duty on Saturday afternoon. Police here found out about the incident at Southwest 80th and Oleson over the weekend. But ...   More

News A day after releasing 400-plus pages of investigative documents about the March 22 fatal shooting of Jackie Collins, Portland Police have just released this photo of the razor knife they say Collins was wielding. Officer Jason Walters, who shot Collins four times, told investigators that Collins was approaching him with the knife and refused to drop it. Independent witnesses confirmed his version. ...   More

News After a Multnomah County grand jury last week declined to indict Officer Jason Walters for the fatal shooting of Jackie Collins in Hoyt Arboretum, Portland police today released their reports on the March 22 shooting. The transcripts of detectives' interviews with Walters and other officers, as well as accompanying reports, run to 459 pages and are available for download here (24 MB .pdf). Walters ...   More