Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Finds Herself Isolated as Portland City Council Cuts Parks and Preserves Police

The result: Parks got cut and police did not.

Family of MAX Stabbing Victim Sues TriMet and Portland Police for Failing to Confront Jeremy Christian Before the Attack

The lawsuit alleges that the public agencies should have intervened to keep Christian off the MAX train after two incidents the previous day alerted officials to his erratic and potentially violent behavior.

Police Talk Down Man Who Climbed to the Top of a 290-Foot Tall Construction Crane in Southeast Portland

A man has climbed to the top of a construction crane in Southeast Portland, drawing a large police presence to the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Ash Street.

Portland Mayor Lashes Out During Police Budget Debate, Then Apologizes: “I Don’t Even Recognize Myself Sometimes”

The mayor spars with colleagues, even though he already had the votes to pass his budget.

Prosecutors Press Hate Crime Charges In Alleged Homophobic Attack in Portland Macy’s by Man Armed with a Machete

Camar Livingstone, 20, is charged with a felony and four misdemeanors, including two intimidation counts, which is Oregon’s hate crime law.

Portland’s Cannabis Taxes Were Mostly Used to Backfill Police Budgets

U.S. Attorney for Oregon Throws Support Behind Portland Police Gun Violence Reduction Team

Last week, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty suggested scrapping the Gun Violence Reduction Team and reassigning the 28 officers on the unit to patrol duty

Family of Terrell Johnson, Man Shot by Portland Police in 2017, Files Suit Against City

Terrell Johnson, then 24, was shot by a Portland Police officer, at the Flavel MAX in Southeast Portland.