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Page 8A NORTHWEST East Oregonian POLICE: Must announce that a body camera is in use Continued from 1A EHWXUQHGRIIRQFHDQRI¿FHU¶V participation ends. 2I¿FHUV PXVW DQQRXQFH that a body camera is in use, but agencies can make exceptions based on privacy, public safety or “exigent circumstances,” such as when DQ RI¿FHU DWWHPSWV WR WKZDUW someone from committing a crime or interviews a vulner- able witness. Although the bill would shield most police video from disclosure — similar to video shot from cameras mounted in patrol cars — it does provide an exception if public interest in disclosure outweighs the need to withhold it. “I am not sure who is going to determine that,” said Rep. Carl Wilson, R-Grants Pass, a broadcaster who voted against the bill. Ultimately, a judge would determine what is in the “public interest,” which is a common legal balancing test applied to materials under Oregon’s public records law. But requests must be“reasonably tailored”to the approximate date and time of an incident, and the video must be edited to make all IDFHVXQUHFRJQL]DEOH Oregon law bars agencies from disclosing photographs RI RI¿FHUV ZLWKRXW WKHLU consent, although agencies themselves can use them. Rep. Lew Frederick, D-Portland, said the bill is not meant to single out police conduct. “It’s also because every- body behaves better when they are on camera,” said Frederick, a former television reporter and the only black member of the House. “What has been shown in communities across the country where these devices have been used is that both complaints and the types of incidents that lead to complaints are reduced.” “... Everybody behaves better when they are on camera.” — Rep. Lew Frederick, D-Portland, former television reporter The House also passed a companion bill that makes it clear it is legal for people to record a conversation with D SROLFH RI¿FHU SHUIRUPLQJ RI¿FLDO GXWLHV LQ D SXEOLF place. “It does not give permis- sion to anyone to interfere with police work,” said Fred- erick, the bill’s chief sponsor. “It only allows people to record a conversation that they are already permitted to hear.” While Oregon law already DOORZV ¿OP RU YLGHR RI VXFK encounters, the bill allows an exception to a long- standing ban under which a third party cannot record a conversation without consent of either participant. Already exempted from that ban are recordings made at public meetings. Police have raised questions about whether the bill would allow others to eavesdrop on undercover operations or interviews with witnesses. Rep. Jeff Barker, D-Aloha, said the bill’s language would be further changed in the Senate to foreclose those possibilities. “We just need to straighten out this little piece of the law so that it’s all legal,” said Barker, a retired Portland police lieutenant. House Bill 2704 moved to the Senate on a 51-8 vote. ——— The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. BRIEFLY Vandal drains reservoir east of Prineville 35,1(9,//($3²$XWKRULWLHVDUHWU\LQJWR¿QG whoever drained a reservoir east of Prineville. The Bulletin newspaper reports that someone opened the head gate last month on the dam holding back Peterson Creek Reservoir. The reservoir sits on land in the estate of late Central Oregon tire baron Les Schwab. No one lives near the site and Crook County Judge Mike McCabe said it was likely draining for two weeks before anyone noticed. He says the culprit had to have used a big wrench, so it was no accident. Investigators do not have a clear motive for why anyone would empty it. The act occurred the same month Gov. Kate Brown declared a drought emergency in Crook County. A $5,000 reward has been offered for information leading to a conviction. Standoff with Kennewick police ends ZLWKVKRW¶V¿UHGVXVSHFW¶VGHDWK KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — Police are investigating the shooting death of a Kennewick man police say has a long history of violence against women. The Tri-City Herald UHSRUWV.HQQHZLFNRI¿FHUV responded to 36-year-old Roark Cook’s apartment when his mother called 911 and said she was worried he’d hurt someone. &RRNWROGRI¿FHUVWKURXJKWKHFORVHGGRRURIKLV apartment that he had a gun. A SWAT team eventually responded, and two women and a \HDUROGER\HVFDSHGRYHUWKHDSDUWPHQWEDOFRQ\DVRI¿FHUV VKLHOGHGWKHPIURPDWOHDVWRQHEXOOHW¿UHGE\&RRN 3ROLFHVD\&RRNZDVVKRWDVRI¿FHUVUHWXUQHGJXQ¿UH Court records show at least four women had no-contact orders against him. Wednesday, May 6, 2015 &RXHUG¶$OHQHRI¿FHUVKRWNLOOHG Coeur d’Alene department, called dispatch to get information on Renfro, White said. Not long after, a resident SPOKANE, Wash. — A northern called police. The resident “had heard a noise ,GDKRSROLFHRI¿FHUVKRWE\DPDQZKR stole his patrol car died of his injuries that sounded like a gunshot and they shortly after said that there was a body Tuesday evening, police said. lying in the street,” White Sgt. Greg Moore died said at an early morning at 5:50 p.m. at Kootenai news conference Tuesday in Health in Coeur d’Alene, the lakeside city. Idaho, police spokeswoman “From the information Sgt. Christie Wood said in a I’ve received so far, it doesn’t statement. look like an ambush-style Moore was shot about 1:30 attack,” the chief said. “This a.m. Tuesday after checking was just a bad guy doing bad on a suspicious person in a JX\ VWXII DQG RXU RI¿FHUV neighborhood, Coeur d’Alene doing what they were Police Chief Lee White said. Moore trained to do — and that’s Police arrested a 26-year-old man after a car chase that trying to keep our communities safe.” Renfro has a long criminal record reached speeds of 125 mph. The pursuit ended when a police dog dragged the and was on probation. $IWHU 0RRUH ZDV VKRW DQ RI¿FHU man from his hiding place underneath from nearby Post Falls, Idaho, who a commercial truck. Jonathan Renfro appeared in court ZDVOLVWHQLQJWRUDGLRWUDI¿FDERXWWKH Tuesday afternoon and was charged shooting, saw a Coeur d’Alene police with attempted murder, theft of a car race by about 90 mph, so he gave SROLFHYHKLFOHWKHIWRIDQRI¿FHU¶VJXQ chase close to the Washington state line, with speeds reaching 125 mph, and being a felon with a gun. Bail was set at $2 million. He was Post Falls Police Chief Scott Haug held in the Kootenai County, Idaho, said. 7KH RI¿FHU IRXQG WKH SDWURO FDU jail. Moore, a 16-year veteran of the abandoned, and the Washington State NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Portland budget surplus to be spent on roads By STEVEN DUBOIS Associated Press PORTLAND — Portland Mayor Charlie Hales has released a proposed budget that calls for spending most of the city’s $49 million budget surplus on basic services, with much of it going toward repairs for the city’s notoriously bumpy streets. Hales revealed his spending blueprint Tuesday in East Portland, an unfashionable yet fast- growing part of the city in which residents complain of being overlooked. They were not ignored in the mayor’s proposal, with more than $8 million going toward paving, sidewalks and safety improvements along 122nd Avenue. Dana Haynes, the mayor’s spokesman, said TriMet, the regional mass transit agency, agreed to expand bus coverage in that VHFWLRQLIWKHFLW\¿[HGWKH roads. East Portland, which has more gang activity than other parts of the city, ZRXOG DOVR EHQH¿W IURP the mayor’s proposals to help young people, such as $2 million to give teen- agers free access to more of the city’s parks, gyms and pools. “It’s not enough to say put down the gun,” Hales said Tuesday. “We have to give young people something to pick up — such as healthy activities, internships and job skills,” he said. The budget will be ¿QDOL]HGQH[WPRQWKDIWHU the public and the rest of the City Council have their say. Bad roads are a city- wide issue, with nearly half of Portland’s most traveled roads in poor or very poor condition. A January 2013 city audit said “aspirational” projects, including the streetcar, had displaced core services such as street maintenance, leading to roads marred by cracks and potholes. Hales and Transportation Commission Steve Novick have been attempting to pass a new fee or tax to address the estimated $90 million per year maintenance backlog. 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Featuring: Patrol and Kootenai County Sheriff’s 2I¿FHKHOSHGVHWXSDSHULPHWHU+DXJ said. A police dog found Renfro about two hours later hiding under a trac- tor-trailer, wedged off the ground between the axle area and the truck, near a Wal-Mart in Post Falls, Haug said. “He was engaged by the dog when he would not comply and taken into custody,” Haug said. White said a motive for the shooting hasn’t been determined. The Idaho State Police is the lead agency investigating the shooting, said Stu Miller, a spokesman for the .RRWHQDL&RXQW\6KHULII¶V2I¿FH Investigators are collecting evidence from multiple scenes, including dash cam video from Moore’s car, Miller said. Miller did not know if the weapon used against Moore had been recov- ered. Miller said the last report from the RI¿FHUZDVDUDGLRPHVVDJHWKDWKHZDV checking out a suspicious person in a Coeur d’Alene neighborhood. “There was no further contact from him,” Miller said. 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