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highest level in history.
The
largest increase in c re d ib ility was
in the low er northeast sector.
W h ile I was C hief o f P olice fo r
tw o years, running the p o lice
bureau exceeded ail d iv is io n s on
m in o rity hirin g and a ffirm a tive
action.
W e got tw o mayoral
awards fo r the best record in a ffir
m ative a ctio n . I d o n ’t te ll people
w hat they necessarily w ant to
hear but I th in k they can rely on
one thing: if I say th a t I am going
to do som ething, you can rely
upon the fact th a t it is going to be
d o n e .—
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ple te ly hayw ire w hen I cam e in to
o ffice . W e had a severe ja il s h o rt
age w hen I w as C hief. I spent
m ost o f m y tim e tryin g to find
m ore space. A lso when I becam e
C hief, the black c o m m u n ity w as
upset because o f the opossum
th in g and the extrem e in s u lt
there.
M y jo b was to restore
c re d ib ility th ro u g h o u t the city.
The neighb orhood a so cia tio n
that surveyed c o n d itio n s th ro u g h
o u t the c ity w as asked w hat is the
c re d ib ility o f the p o lice bureau. I
am pleased to say that w hen I was
the C h ie f o f Police, it reached the
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W ith M ayoral C a n d id a te s
(C o n tin u e d F ro m L a s t C o lu m n )
18 m o n th s ago. W e c o n tin u a lly
add program s all the w ay dow n
the line. The last th in g w as m y g o
ing to th e governor to ask su p p o rt
from the state because o f the
lim ite d fu n d s and resources of
the c ity . W e need drug treatm ent.
I w e n t to congress and g o t
$250,000 to com e in to o u r region
here. Because we all kn o w th a t
drugs are w hat drive the crim e in
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has to give em ergency a n tib io tic s
so the in fe c tio n can subside. T his
is w here w e need the c re d ib ility
o f the c rim in a l ju s tic e system
back in here. W e are g o in g to
need 220 ja il beds o u t there so
when we arrest people w e have a
place to keep them . I d o n ’t w ant
anyone in ja il but I w ant it so that
w hen we arrest people they w ill
m ake re s titu tio n or go in to a drug
re h a b ilita tio n program or s tic k to
th e ir house arrest. And at the
o th e r end w hen w e relieve the in
fe c tio n I w ant to get them jo b s so
that the to o th w ill be fixe d per
m anently and w ill not get in fe cte d
again. W e have g o t to have both. _
Still: D rugs are the fuel of
crim es. They are m ost e ffe ctive in
lo w e r s o c io - e c o n o m ic a re a s
where there is a feeling of hope
lessness. Drug abusers steal to
s u p p o rt th e ir a d d ic tio n . The
po lice bureau needs strong m an
agem ent. The p o lice bureau fo r a
num ber o f years has had those
w ho talked about problem s. Even
now the present ch ie f is involved
in a slapping in cid e n t w h ich is de
m eaning, stu p id , asinine, etc.,
etc., etc. W e need to d o th in g s
blem area in to so m e th in g good.
T his e ffo rt probably w ill address
the Em anuel H ospital area be
c a u s e th a t is p a rt o f th e
s tu d y — th e w h o le C o lu m b ia
A v e n u e /W illia m s A venue C o r
ridor. T h is e co n o m ic develop
m ent w ill bring the h ousing stops
back in to line. —
Still: H ow we really w ork at
the basis of th is problem is
through education. T hat is w hy in
my ju d g e m e n t it is a tw o pronged
approach. (1) The e ducatio n and
o p p o rtu n ity part and (2) is the ag
gressive enforcem en t. It’s like
w hen you call firem en to put o u t a
fire, you d o n ’t w ant to hear about
prevention at that m om ent. You
w ant the firem an to put out the
fire firs t and then sit dow n and
ta lk about prevention. The fire
man should have been there be
fore the fire to talk about preven
tion. The w ay we deal w ith drug
abuse is th a t we give people an
o p p o rtu n ity to see it anothe r way.
And w e educate them so that they
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th e ir drugs if nobody buys them
The educatio n and providing o
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critica l. K ids in sch o o l w ho qual
ify in a certain way, m o stly m in o ri
ty kids. You id e n tify those w ho
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again to build back our cre d ib ility.
Leadership is the key. W e need a
leader w h o u n d e rs ta n d s the
w hole crim in a l ju s tic e system
and interacts w ith th e rest o f the
system and really packs c re d ib ili
ty. W ho m ig h t th is person be? I
d o n ’t know. Ron S till, the mayor,
w ill not be the c h ie f o f police, but
I have been there. I have to set the
policy. I d o n ’t w ant the police
bureau to be ju s t an o th e r cop
shop,
Question 5:
The Emanuel Hospital Urban Renewal Project h a s * * * * * * * * * * * *
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land be reclaimed and returned to the people?
Mayor Clark: There is nobody liv
ing there. It is ju s t e m p ty land.
There has been a w h o le series of
th in g s th a t have happened in the
northeast sector. The Em anuel
H o sp ita l urban renewal p ro je c t is
ju s t one of them . Som e o f these
th in g s have occurred over the
past 25 years have dam aged the
e n tire character o f that area. From
th e one way streets to the b u ild
ing o f a d iv id e r dow n U nion Ave
nue, a num ber o f problem s have
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does not include crime prevention?
Mayor Clark: The p o in t is that
gangs and drug abuse g o t so seri
ous in M ultnom ah c o u n ty and in
th e state o f O regon there w ere no
sa n ctio n s w hatsoever. The w hole
c re d ib ility of th e c rim in a l ju s tic e
system had fa llen in to the side-
roads. People w ho broke in to cars
g o t tic k e ts fo r it b u t c o n tin u e d to
c o m m it crim es because they
knew there was no ja il space. Our
p o lic e are arresting the sam e peo
ple again and again. Its like a den
tis t. Say you've g o t a to o th w ith a
very bad in fe c tio n and it needs to
be repaired. The d e n tis t is not go
ing to do a th in g a b out it u n til he
has cleared up the In fection. He
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how (jo you view them?
Mayor Claric W e responded to the
gang and drug problem 18 m onths
ago. W e responded w hen Sha
ron M cC orm ack, our c rim e pre
vention s p e c ia lis t id e n tifie d the
problem . She w o rks o u t o f the o f
fic e o f the neighborhood asso cia
tio n . W e im m e d ia te ly set aside
$15,000 to form the yo u th gang
task force. They w e n t to Los
A ngeles to study th is w h o le th in g
and cam e up w ith a proposal that
we funded w ith $55,000. T his was
to do som e th in g about housing.
W e need to do som e th in g about
urban developm ent. As we th in k
about th e readership o f the
Portland Observer, w hat is the firs t
thing th a t com es to m ind? We
need to talk about housing. On
television the other n ig h t you
w ere ta lkin g about the Emanuel
H ospital developm ent area. There
is be a u tifu l land there so close to
the central city. —
Still: F irst I w ant to say that
I d o n ’t know the answ er to your
question . I’ve got to have it
researched legally. A ll I can say is
that it can be exam ined as part of
our over all thing. W ith the co n
vention ce n te r going in there w ith
h o s p ita lity u n its such as hotels,
restaurant and other services we
have an area here that we need to
look at. W hat you m entioned
about the Em anuel H ospital area
is ju s t part of that piece. We need
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