Portland, OR—The Portland City Council voted 8-4 Wednesday, to adopt the “Right to Know Who’s Policing You” ordinance. Councilors Candace Avalos, Jamie Dunphy, Mitch Green, Sameer Kanal, Tiffany Koyama Lane, Angelita Morillo, Steve Novick and Elana Pirtle-Guiney voted to approve the ordinance.
Portland now joins L.A. County and cities like Denver, St. Paul, Philadelphia and San Jose in taking concrete steps in support of law enforcement transparency and accountability.
“After months of public input and collaboration with community, public safety leaders and attorneys, I’m pleased that a majority of Council listened to Portlanders and passed reasonable legislation designed to withstand legal scrutiny, deter law enforcement impersonation, protect our communities, and strengthen public trust,” said lead sponsor Councilor Sameer Kanal. “There are a lot of limitations on our actions in response to the federal government and the unaccountable culture enabling impostors which they’ve created— but what we can do, we must do.”…