We knew the fallout from the Portland Police Bureau’s “leakgate” wouldn’t die, and now there’s a new development; Mayor Ted Wheeler has released a letter demanding Brian Hunzker resign from his role on the board of the Fire & Police Disability & Retirement (FPD&R) bureau.
Wow, we’ve made it to the end of the first week of the Honest Police Project on the web! At the end of every week we plan to roll together the week’s news in police integrity, accountability, honesty, and trustworthiness (read: the complete lack thereof). We will eventually allow you to get these as a email newsletter, so stay tuned for that. Now let’s get down to our weekly Police Beat.
Yesterday PPB chief Chuck Lovell held a half-hour press conference. Most of the media’s questions revolved around getting to the bottom of recent behavior of cops eroding community trust in the bureau. It was a display of little substance and plenty of thin platitudes. Below we’ve some relevant quotes.