Roger David has a New Web Presence
The Consult Hardesty brand survives. This site is to curate it’s prior incarnation. Former Minority Partner Roger David Hardesty, primarily Continue reading
The Consult Hardesty brand survives. This site is to curate it’s prior incarnation. Former Minority Partner Roger David Hardesty, primarily Continue reading
A pair of hand-held applications have come to our attention. Connectivity and high-quality data sharing make both important tools for justice delivery. Both Continue reading
on the range. Give thought to organizational strategies, and change advocates’ operating environment, if you can get past a militia’s Continue reading
– Using the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter triggers a law enforcement profile in Oregon DoJ’s ‘threat assessment’ database. We make a Federal Continue reading
– Seemingly insignificant racism in the crosswalk can produce significant consequences. Once in court or a hospital, racial disparities magnify. Continue reading
Objective: To entertain and to provoke dialogue and perhaps, on some level, to make a difference. Scant information to go Continue reading
City contract for police reform about to triple. No-bid contract handed out .. without community input as to improvements we’d Continue reading
How many authorities look the other way, when they could play a vital role in police accountability? “In a society Continue reading
Should the state further cloak police conduct with secrecy? Body-worn cameras will make police cases, not legal cases against them. Continue reading
Federal ‘police reform’ has, in Portland, Oregon, qualitatively reduced public involvement in police oversight. A ‘self-defeating accountability system’ was left Continue reading
Jo Ann Hardesty led public testimony on bill to track profiling by Oregon law enforcement. It prompts the state’s Attorney Continue reading
Who should analyze police misconduct? It’s time we take oversight out of cops’ hands. Police accountability experts ARE available. In Continue reading
The US Attorney General for Civil Rights explained what he wanted out of a Settlement Agreement, ending Portland Police’s illegal use Continue reading
A newly formed Community Oversight Advisory Board can benefit from Portland’s history of seeking improved police accountability. We’ve compiled a Continue reading
We acknowledge police departments are taking innovative steps in building community trust. Chief Cam McLay thinks holding his men accountable Continue reading
A revolution begins in Portland on 17 January. Justice DeMuniz presiding. You might want to come play your part in Continue reading
England abandoned our Grand Jury process. Why shouldn’t Multnomah County? We appreciate that concerns grow, nation-wide, for police accountability. We Continue reading
Assess this list of demands for reform. We owe it to those bringing heat to police accountability, to offer up Continue reading
What do we say, to folks who contend that, only by working within the system will you bring the police Continue reading
Local authority engages in patterns and practices of refuting public involvement, as it fails to hold police accountable. That public Continue reading
Leadership change often follows institutional failure. We assess reform language, offered by the nation’s latest Secretary of Veterans Affairs. It values change in Continue reading
The City of Portland, Oregon has a new Police Chief. Instead of employing a change agent from outside a Bureau that’s in patterns Continue reading
Called out to investigate racial injustice, the DoJ declared it outside the scope of a subsequent investigation. It’s time they Continue reading
Jo Ann Hardesty, recently honored by the National Newspaper Publishers Association, responded to an invitation to address the Pacific Northwest Social Continue reading
Four and a half years after their complicity in killing Aaron Campbell, an unarmed African American in the act of submission during Continue reading
Portland Oregon has an office of Police Commissioner. Entering the phrase in the City’s web site doesn’t bring up anything Continue reading
When cops want City Hall to approve of some shenanigans, we often see the Chief’s request portrayed as if it arises from Continue reading
Portland has arrived at an interesting nexus, forming the basis of an important, structural element that will reform police engaged Continue reading
Racial oppression continues in Portland because those in power lack humane, internalized and comprehensive value structures. Click the audio bar, Continue reading
The City of Portland stands accused of violating The People’s civil rights. The DoJ pivoted away from racial profiling and unconstitutional Continue reading