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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/CITY OF PORTLAND REVISED AGREEMENT: CHANGES MUST BE MADE TO IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY OF PORTLAND POLICERevised Agreement • November 12th, 2012
While City Council accepted some positive changes to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) / City of Portland Agreement on Thursday, more needs to be done to improve accountability. In a meeting with Portland Copwatch last week, the DOJ said that they were no longer proposing more changes to the agreement, but that any new initiatives would have to come from Council. It is troubling, then, that Mayor Adams claims, for instance, the unreasonable 21 day deadline for the Citizen Review Committee (CRC) to hold appeal hearings on misconduct cases is something the DOJ won't budge on. Below we outline why that deadline is among other problems still existing in the Agreement which will not only perpetuate, but potentially aggravate community mistrust of the system. We also outline the positive changes made on Nov. 8.
