You may recall a damning independent report came out two weeks ago, saying the community doesn’t trust the city’s so-called Independent Police Review. Portland Copwatch’s Dan Handelman, who is a regular presence at IPR meetings, has been dogging the issue for a while. If you can’t be bothered to read all his analysis of the report, which, trust me, you can’t, because I just have, and it depressed the hell out of me, why not watch this video he’s put together, explaining why the IPR sucks and what it needs to do about it in just seven minutes:

COPWATCH VIDEO: Explains the problems with IPR…

As Handelman keeps insisting, overhauling the IPR is not about personalities, but about changing the process to make the police bureau more accountable to citizens. So try to get over the flickering monitor in the background, and focus on the messages. Eh?

There’ll be a public hearing on the report at City Hall on the 28th of February at 2pm.