(Photo © J. Maus)

Tomorrow, the Community Policing Agreement that was first proposed by Police Chief Rosie Sizer following two high-profile fatalities in October of 2007, will be adopted by Portland City Council.
The five page document outlines the current state of the working relationship between the Bureau of Transportation, the Police Bureau, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, [...]

The Portland Police Bureau has just released a new internal training video meant to educate officers about bike-related traffic laws.

This is an internal training video for the Portland Police Bureau. It is narrated by Officer Robert Pickett, who serves as a liaison for bicycling issues, Bicycle Transportation Alliance advocate Michelle Poyourow, and a team of [...]

Captain Eric Hendricks in May 2009.(Photo © J. Maus)

Captain Eric Hendricks of the Portland Police Bureau's Traffic Division is in critical condition this morning after a crash involving three motor vehicles yesterday afternoon on Highway 30.
According to the Oregon State Police, the collision happened about ten miles west of Rainier. Hendricks [...]

Streetsblog alerted us to this just-released training video for traffic enforcement officers in Chicago's police department.
It's worth watching -- in about ten minutes, it even-handedly explains the laws that govern both driving and bicycling in Chicago, with the frame of increasing bicycling safety as much as possible, and promoting a culture of respect on the [...]

Broadway and Flint.(Photo © J. Maus)

A woman was handcuffed and placed under arrest this morning after she was stopped for running the stop sign at NE Flint and Broadway when she asked the police officer if she was required to show identification. She was subsequently issued a citation and released.
Jessica Jarratt, 37, the executive director [...]

Robert Pickett.(Photo © J. Maus)

So you've seen a nervous-looking young guy riding a too-small high-end racing bike down the street with shoes that definitely don't match the clips. Or maybe you found a bike stashed behind your garage. Or your friend saw your long-lost steed locked to a pole downtown. What's the right thing to [...]

Joe Scalise is a bike patrol officer in Charlotte, NC and the training coordinator for LEBA. (Photos © J. Maus)

If the streets feel a bit safer this week, it's because Portland is playing host to a Law Enforcement Bicycle Association (LEBA) training conference.
The Portland Police Bureau is hosting LEBA for one of their ongoing instructor [...]

"It's the latest fake viral film from our car-centric Danish Road Safety Council. Slowing chipping away at Danish bike culture without worrying about facts and science."-- Mikael Colville-Andersen, publisher of Copenhagenize.com

Mikael Colville-Andersen, proprietor of the globally renown blog Copenhagenize, says a video of Danish cops handing out hugs and helmets to bike riders is nothing [...]

This video (below) from Denmark is all over the web today. It shows two cops standing on the side of a bike lane, offering hugs and helmets to passing bicycle riders.
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At about 6:15 a.m. this morning, Portlander John Mayer was riding up on the intersection of SW 10th and Jefferson when he noticed a Portland Police Bureau patrol car parked in the bike lane.
When Mayer pulled around the patrol car, he says the officer driving the car pulled out into the lane and ran into [...]

(Photo © J. Maus)

The Portland Police Bureau sent three motorcycle cops to SE Clinton Street this morning to observe and enforce stop sign compliance at 34th and 21st Avenues.
According to Traffic Division Lieutenant Bryan Parman, the "enforcement mission" (a.k.a. sting) came after his office received a complaint via email last week from a nearby resident. [...]

"If I would have been a pedestrian or on a regular bike, I would have been dead...I feel like an attempt was made on my life. I told the cop I was assaulted but for some reason this was put on the backburner. They told me my case was placed at a low [...]

The Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division has chosen a new captain. Officer Eric Hendricks, who has been in the bureau for 23 years and was most recently in charge of its Training Division, will now lead the Traffic Division.
Assistant Chief and former Traffic Division Captain Larry O'Dea shared the news with me yesterday and [...]

Oregonian columnist Steve Duin.

Oregonian columnist Steve Duin has published pointed criticisms directed at the Portland Police Bureau's handling of the Freedom Child bike light case in his column today.
Freedom Child is the 57-year old St. Johns woman who was involved with an altercation with two Police officers back in 2003. Child claims [...]

Police say Child ignored their requests to stop after they saw her riding in the street without lights. They say when she ran to a house, they chased her down and took her into custody on her porch using reasonable force.-- From The Oregonian

The Oregonian reported Monday night that a 57 year-old St. Johns woman [...]

Rep. Jim Oberstar, speakingat the opening night dinner.(Photo © J. Maus)

Representative Jim Oberstar (D-MN) -- the man whose passion for Safe Routes to Schools helped establish it as a national priority in America -- is now throwing his energy behind a new idea. And, as Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that [...]

Phil Sano and his lawyer John Gutbezahl faced Judge Youlee Yim You for day two of the trial.
(Photo © Elly Blue)

It's day two of the Phil Sano Taser Trial and I've been in the courtroom since about 8:30am. Yesterday, I took notes using the email program on my phone and Jonathan was able to edit [...]

Photo from the scene on June 10th, 2008.(Photo: Ian Stude)

Back in June, Portlander Phil Sano was tackled and then Tasered repeatedly by two Portland Police Bureau officers while riding his bicycle on SE 7th Avenue. The police maintain he failed to obey their orders and then resisted arrest. Sano says they failed to [...]

"...approaches are sometimes different, and misunderstandings likely because we are all human -- regardless of whether we wear a stretchy bicycle jersey or an itchy police uniform."-- From a public statement issued by the City Attorney's office as part of a settlement reached in the Ainsworth Incident

Traffic citations given to two men who were ticketed [...]

Ellee Thalheimer is a new contributing writer to BikePortland. Her most recent story was a product review of women's bike shorts designed for utility and fashion. Ellee is a yoga instructor and travel writer living in Southeast Portland. Check out her author page here.
We covered the beginnings of the Share the Road Safety Class; this [...]