16% of the sample made recordings but FAILED to document their recordings in their reports. Two officers stopped and restarted their bodycams during an interaction and both officers FAILED to report, as required, why they stopped the recording. It seems real sloppy over at PPB. 3/

Of the cops in the sample who couldn't reasonably notify the public that they were being recorded, 0.0% followed policy by later notifying people that they're being recorded. It seems like the police don't want the public to realize they're recording evidence to be used against you. 2/

I wish I could advise people to file complaints with IPR and give them some hope that it will have a satisfying result but... Even if you have a great case with good evidence of serious misconduct, the most you could hope for is the cop quits during the investigation and becomes a Beaverton cop.

The FIT stops Black people at a rate of 7.9 times that of their demographic make-up in Portland.
The FIT stops white people at a rate of 0.39 times that of their demographic make-up in Portland.
This is not possible without some major white supremacist bias behind these stops.

For reference, here's the race and ethnicity make-up of Portland.
Citywide Black: 5.8%, white: 75.7%, Hispanic or Latino: 9.8%

There's some really "interesting" data in this report. For instance, 78% of the "gang task force's" stops were solely for traffic violations and it just so happened that 47.4% of those traffic stops were Black people and only 28.2% were white. How the hell does that happen without racial profiling?

Here's the link to the Portland Police STOPS Data Collection 2024 Annual Report: www.portland.gov/police/open-...

There should really be some independent groups looking into the racial disparities and the PPB, particularly the FIT because the police just don't f'n care about racial bias driving their organization.

Chief Bob Day is in the news again. www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/06...

What is considered a "non-traffic offense" where an officer stops a vehicle and hinders their free movement? Would it be related to a separate investigation? Stopping someone to question them about a crime that happened previously?

I mean, it's not even possible to have 536% of all stops be white people.

I keep wondering if maybe the police and former Mayor Wheeler created the FIT specifically to target Black people in Portland. Imagine the outcry if a special task force was created and they stopped white people at 8x the rate of their demographic?

What does "pred." stand for in the chart? Prediction?

Here's the Focused Intervention Team's (FIT, newest rendition of the gang task force) STOPS data from 2023. They actually stop more Black people than white people for traffic violations. That's quite the accomplishment - almost like they're using traffic violations as a pretext to stop Black people.

The use-of-force data for PPB also indicates that the police are 5x as likely to use force on Black people in Portland than their white counterparts. Portland is about 6% Black and 67% white but 31.3% of the uses of force were against Black people.

It's so hard not to shake a person's hand when it's offered to you. I was in a meeting with dan and the Multn Co. sheriff tried to shake my hand. It was so awkward to pull back and leave him hanging while standing in his own office. We're not here to be buddies or affirm the cops.

Reporters need not give long quotes from the police about dan.