Posted on 08/28/2018 8:53:51 AM PDT by jazusamo
During aggressive protests by criminal Occupy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rioters at federal facilities in Oregon, Portland’s Mayor implemented dangerously restrictive police procedures that ordered officers to ignore calls for help from federal law enforcement personnel under attack. Instead of proactive support, Portland Police Bureau (PPB) were limited to a passive “liaison” role with the Federal Protection Service (FSP). According to records obtained by Judicial Watch, PPB officers were only allowed to respond to life-threatening attacks and 911 calls made by ICE agents and FPS officers. Portland’s Mayor, Ted Wheeler, also serves as the city’s Police Bureau Commissioner. Wheeler has been a vocal proponent in his commitment to protect criminal illegal aliens, restrict gun rights and support burdensome climate policies. Under his direction, tensions among protestors and federal law enforcement officers started in mid-June with a camp at ICE facilities in the downtown area and ended in late July with piles of trash in the street. ICE Council leadership reported hard-left Antifa members were an active contingent among protestors who besieged the federal immigration processing offices, damaged property and injured officers.
Documents obtained by Judicial Watch indicate an alarming hands-off approach instituted by PPB management. On June 19, FPS Commander Lopez asked PPB Deputy Chief Robert Day for assistance. Day’s refusal in the highly redacted document was clear: “At this time I am denying your request for additional resources from PPB.” Officers were directed “not to proactively patrol the area of the demonstration” and to “only respond to calls at the demonstration site that have an immediate life safety concern.” On June 21, the mayor’s direction was “for PPB to not get involved unless lives are in danger.” ICE agents on the ground reported these were the daily orders given at briefings to rank-and-file PPB personnel.
Mayor Wheeler’s selective enforcement order conflicts with PPB rules. The Biased-Based Policing Policy states, “The Bureau is dedicated to offering courteous and professional service delivery and providing equal protection, a fundamental right under the Constitution, to all members of the community.” Additionally, all employees are expected to “reduce crime and the fear of crime by working with all citizens.” Police officers and managers are mandated to “respond to requests for police assistance.” Law enforcement sources familiar with the situation communicated, “When local police disengage from proactive responsibilities and assistance, one can expect masked, helmeted and shielded protestors to assault and endanger federal officers.” On July 31 the National ICE Council sent a cease and desist letter to the Mayor.
In contrast to the stated commitment of City government to provide equal and effective protection, the owner of the ICE processing building, Stuart Lindquist , was singled out among taxpayers. He received a limited and restrictive law enforcement response during the Occupy ICE demonstrations. Portland Police documents confirmed, “If Stuart Linquist [sic] or any other Linquist [sic] calls for police assistance that doesn’t fit the ‘life safety concern’ criteria, please refer him or her to the Mayor.” Mr. Lindquist told Judicial Watch, “It’s quite an issue and of course we were without service for a month and a half. It’s something. This is a liberal town but even so.” Judicial Watch filed two other public records requests with the PBB to determine if Wheeler’s denial of assistance violates federal contractual or Memorandum Of Understanding obligations.
I don’t suppose this news made it into the local media there, did it? Um, probably not.
I miss the Portland of about 25 years ago.
You may be able to back that up some way, but if an officer has the ability to respond to a felony in progress, and fails to do so, I think that officer should be subject to being fired, and possibly prosecuted. If lives are on the line, all the more so. If someone died because he simply took a pass on helping, I’d consider him as guilty as the person who did the killing.
I sure wouldn’t want to work beside him. He would have just shown me that he could not be counted on if something similar involved me.
Surprisingly this fiasco was covered by the media for weeks.
The Oregonian and TV stations had many stories but Portland is a bastion of libs and they’ll surely keep electing this jerk mayor.
Perhaps so. Not trying to give you a hard time. I’m not sure if that case could be made. It very well could be. I’m just not well enough versed on that concept as it would apply here.
Interesting. Was there any reaction from the locals? I imagine they will side with their lib mayor. The law is an impediment to crazed liberals.
I can’t recall the case, but the ruling stems from an incident where officers were being set up to respond, and were ambushed, or required to go into situations where THEIR lives were in danger.
Warren vs. District of Columbia. Add to that the fact that their boss ordered them to stand down, throw in their union, and they’re pretty well hamstrung, even if they’re gung ho to respond. Think Benghazi.
Your probably right, civil rights only apply to liberal groups.
The city has a pretty new female black police chief they hired from Oakland, CA., Chief Outlaw. I honestly believe if it wasn’t for her this fiasco would still be going on.
It seems after five or so weeks she finally had a long talk with the jerk and said enough is enough, that’s when they told protesters to clear out and the city was left with a huge mess to clean up.
They had some near riots right after that and police were under the gun for injuring a few anarchists. Chief Outlaw came forward and stood up for the department, backed them 100%. Said the criminals are the anarchists, not the police and things finally quieted down.
Solution is Federal Troops next time! Or the US Marshals Service.
I would not make the case they should disregard their personal safety, or an operation they were already involved in that required their attention.
I would only suggest that if they were able to and took a pass, I would expect them to be held to account.
Certainly objecting to helping when they could, simply because a federal agent were taking down illegal aliens and came under fire, would be a gross dereliction of their duty.
Perhaps some loophole would give them cover, but I would consider that to be very misguided.
“I miss the Portland of about 25 years ago.”
I miss the entire West Coast of 25 years ago! We should have built a wall to keep out the East Coast Liberal Trash back then.
Good! Chief Outlaw... what a great name for a law enforcement person. :-)
If my boss had ordered me not to help a fellow employee, and that employee’s life was being threatened, you better believe I would do anything in my power to help that employee.
The employer could go straight to hell.
Well, I’m not certain you are wrong.
I’m just not certain you are right either.
I’m not well enough versed on the Fourteenth and how it applies here.
I’m not trying to denigrate your suggestion at all.
Yep, quite a name for a police chief. :^)
Yeah, well, you’re a normal human being. Denying protection to ICE is part and parcel of why he was elected in Portlandia.
It probably is.
Take care...
Charge the Mayor with aiding and abetting every crime commited by one of these foreign invaders in his city.
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