It’s Been 201 Days Since Investigations Began Into a Political Leak of Police Info

Gee, ain’t it funny how time slips away?

A protest near the Portland Police Bureau East Precinct on May 31, 2020. (Aaron Wessling)
By Tess Riski

201 DAYS:

That’s how long it’s been since the Portland Police Bureau opened an internal affairs investigation into the leak of information that wrongly implicated Commissioner JoAnn Hardesty in a March 3 hit-and-run. It has released no results of its inquiry.

190 DAYS:

That’s how long ago Officer Brian Hunzeker resigned from his role as president of the Portland Police Association due to what the union described as a “serious, isolated mistake related to the Police Bureau’s investigation into the alleged hit-and-run by Commissioner Hardesty.” We still don’t know what he did. The mayor’s office says it doesn’t know what he did. Hunzeker has been on paid administrative leave since May 27.

189 DAYS:

That’s how long it’s been since the city signed a contract with an outside investigative firm to probe the leak.

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