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September 11, 2019
Special Edition
A More Peaceful
Holladay Park
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fort indoors as well.
“It’s community involvement
to occupy spaces with positive ac-
tivities,” he said.
As he munched on chips and
talked with volunteer Lisa Klein,
who was handing out chips and
other snacks, Ray Turner Jr. of
Portland 5 Center for the Arts
agreed that utilizing city parks is
important.
“If we don’t, someone else
will,” he said.
Serving snow cones for the cel-
ebration was Steve Dilworth of
Because People Matter, leading a
group of young people who have
taken a snow cone machine and
performed music at parks in Port-
land and Gresham that have been
impacted by violence or higher
crime rates.
Portland police and the mayor
asked us to show up with our snow
cones and music,” he said. “Our
people bring joy to the park and
that lessens negative behavior.”
Some groups, like Connect,
simply walk the parks on a regu-
lar basis and others, like SOLVE,
work to keep the parks clean. Park
rangers have also ridden along
with police officers on patrol.
Despite improvements, the
news isn’t all good. Although re-
ports of assaults and disturbances
have fallen since May, calls about
stolen vehicles and collisions have
increased.
Passadore said police are keep-
ing a close eye on crime statistics
as a team of one sergeant and four
officers shift their focus not only
to Holladay but to other hotspot
parks in northeast Portland.
“Our goals is to measure our
success, learn from it and create a
long-term strategy,” he said.
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