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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]4/28/2011 6:30:16 am PDT

portland!

The City of Portland and FBI have decided not to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding for the JTTF, but the City will be cooperating with the JTTF according to the terms of a Resolution.
Mayor Sam Adams released a final draft JTTF resolution in advance of the Thursday, April 28 Portland City Council hearing—scheduled for 2 pm in Council Chambers.

In the week since Mayor Adams released a draft resolution for public comment, Commissioner Randy Leonard has taken the lead on working with stakeholders to refine language in the resolution that specifies how Portland Police officers can work with the JTTF.

The revised proposal seeks to balance the three goals set out at the beginning of the JTTF process: Effectively prevent and investigate criminal acts of terrorism, protect individuals’ rights under United States and Oregon law, and keep Portland an open and inclusive community.

“The city will be well served by this agreement,” Mayor Sam Adams said. “I want to thank Commissioner Leonard for taking on the challenge of refining the language in the draft resolution.”

The final draft resolution specifies that “PPB officers shall work with the JTTF only on investigations of suspected terrorism that have a criminal nexus; in situations where the statutory or common law of Oregon is more restrictive of law enforcement than comparable federal law, the investigative methods employed by PPB officers working on JTTF investigations shall conform to the requirements of such Oregon statutes or common law.”

The final draft resolution also includes a new clause that states: “the City of Portland and FBI have decided not to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding for the JTTF, but the City will be cooperating with the JTTF according to the terms of this Resolution.”

The draft SOP Exhibit A is removed from the final draft resolution. The final draft resolution calls on the Portland Police Bureau to adopt “publicly available administrative polices and procedures consistent with this Resolution.”

good for us, fuck ‘em they do nothing for us