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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 2000)
N ovem ber 29, 2000 Page A2 (The ÿlorthniô (íDbeeruer i Police News/Vancouver Police P onder L ife U nder N ew ly-P assed M easure 3 Weather Inside-A Through the Weekend Tips for Your Holiday Travel Plans...........A5 Central Catholic Plans Renovation............ A5 Joe Reese Passes on Oil Company Legacy.................... A6 Ioday Rain 51°F High 44°F Low Thursday Metro- Spiritual Master Vocalist Performs.................. B2 Honoring Oregon's Athletes of Color.... B3 El Observador........ B4 Rain * • * ♦ Friday 48°F High 42°F Low >7 Rain This Week N ovem ber 29, 1947, the U.N. General Assembly passed a reso lution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews. N ovem ber 30 1995, President Clinton became the first U.S. chief executive to visit Northern Ireland. December 1 1959, representa tives o f 12 countries, including the United States, signed a treaty in W ashington setting aside Antarc tica as a scientific preserve, free from military activity. December 2 1954, the Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. M cCarthy, R W is., for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.” 49°F High 41°F Low Rain Saturday in History ■M m m 48°FHigh 41°F Low Sunday Rain 46°F High 3T F low Thought for the Week The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source o f all true art and science. —Albert Einstein O regon’s police are beginning to assess how voter-approved Mea sure 3 will change how they fight crime, and they don’t like the answer. Measure 3, approved by a 2-to-l margin on Nov. 7, narrows police power to confiscate cash, cars and other property from suspected drug dealers. Police officers say while well- in tended, the constitutional amend ment threatens their ability to fight drug dealers by requiring them to get a conviction before they confiscate property. Worse, they say, is the provision that only allows law en forcement to keep 25 percent o f pro ceeds from any forfeiture, instead o f the traditional 100 percent. “I guess the single greatest im pact I saw, just from a police officer’s point o f view, was the sense o f ju s tice,” said Salem PoliceCpt. BiU Kincfr “In the criminal arena, first offense, sometimes second offense, little or nothing was happening. At least with this, you could literally take the car from the dealer or take $ 1,000 from his pocket when he was selling balloons o f cocaine and heroin.” Form ore than adecade, O regon’s civil forfeiture law has allowed au thorities to seize property from people — mostly suspected drug dealers — based on a determination o f “prob able cause” o f wrongdoing. No ar rest or conviction was required. Police agencies throughout the state used the law to confiscate ev erything from boats to houses to land. They used the proceeds to the forfeiture program by training new police officers, buying police radios and surveillance equipment and sup plying grants for drug-prevention programs in schools. Under Measure 3, 75 percent o f the proceeds from forfeited property are to go toward drug treatment, edu cation and prevention programs in stead o f to police work. Law enforce ment officials say instead the new rules mean forfeitures may become a thing o f the past because o f the re sulting budget crunch. “ If the city is limited to 2 5 percent out o f each case, that means w e’re pretty much squeezing a lemon that is dry,” said G eorge Stevenson, Salem’s assistant city attorney. But a supporter o f the new law says that w on’t happen because local govern ments can pour funding into the for feiture programs suffering under Measure 3. “They’re overreacting. They’re assuming that the city councils and county commissions aren’t going to think these programs are important when weighed against other priori ties,” said Dave Fidanque, executive director o f the Oregon branch o f the American Civil Liberties Union. “I think that’s a ridiculous assump tion. W hat it will mean is that they will have to compete against other policy priorities as opposed to hav ing a free lunch,” he said. The AC LU and other proponents o f M easure 3 sought to reform the forfeiture sys tem, in part, because they said it defied the concept o f innocent until proven guilty. Supporters o f the measure also maintained that reforms were needed to rein in overzealous police agencies. Fidanque said he was not surprised by the lopsided vote in favor o f the measure. “Under the law currently, the entire proceeds (Bcfajic ifvu DIG, qcithc Underground utilities exist everywhere, even in your yard Whether you're a homeowner or excavator, digging without knowing where it's safe to dig can cause tremendous damage and even serious injury. Before you pick up a shovel, pick up a phone Portland 503-246-6699 Clark County 360-696-4848 IN OREGON 1-800-332-2344 The Beaverton Police De partment, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is asking for 4> NW www Man Wanted for Robbery Jeffery Jay Fahey can go back to the very agencies that have the responsibility for seizing the p ro p e rty ,” F id a n q u e said. “That ’ s one o f the inherent problems in the civil forfeiture process. 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