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She turned Portland into a lawless Antifa stronghold with little to no respect for the police. Good luck Philadelphia, you'll need it.

Jim

Perhaps, but Mayor Ted Wheeler did at least as much damage.

Ted Wheeler plus the pedophile before him.

It's about leadership and creativity. Ms. Outlaw has never demonstrated any leadership or creativity whatsoever.

Then there’s Portland. The mayor has already appointed a new chief.

“ Wheeler only learned Outlaw had accepted a job as Philadelphia's police commissioner on Thursday, Dec. 26. Wheeler was told the City of Philadelphia was going to announce this news before the end of 2019. In the course of four days, Wheeler decided to promote Resch—not as an interim, temporary chief, but as the bureau's permanent leader for the foreseeable future.“

Clearly, the mayor wasn’t part of the information loop. It indicates Philadelphia didn’t ask him how Outlaw was doing.

“ Dennis said that Outlaw regularly delegated responsibilities to Resch as her second-in-command.”

My take is Outlaw found Resch a person she could dump work on.

“ From the start, locals suspected that Outlaw was simply using the position as a stepping stone between Oakland and a career as police chief of a larger metropolitan city. Those suspicions were confirmed yesterday.”

Resch on the other has 20 years with the Portland Police. About the only box she get checked is female. Her replacement? He doesn’t get any boxes checked. Wonder if someone got tired of checking boxes and went with just their qualifications.

https://www.portlandmercury.co...at-happen-so-quickly

Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog,

“If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves.” ― Thomas Sowell



“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.” ― Thomas Sowell

My original title for this article was going to be 30 Blocks of Potholes, Shitholes, and Assholes, but I didn’t want to offend the sensibilities of my highbrow readership. The trigger for that title was my morning commute on 34th Street in West Philly near the Philadelphia Zoo. This extremely well-traveled four lane highway resembles a moonscape of craters capable of blowing a tire (which I did a few years ago while turning onto Girard Avenue).

As I swerved through this obstacle course of government incompetence, I reflected upon how Philadelphia was a real shithole city run by Democrat asshole politicians (those not in prison yet). I’ve written dozens of articles about the 30 Blocks of Squalor over the last decade and one thing remains constant – West Philly is still a shithole, occupied by low income, low IQ, low morality, welfare state slaves who continue to vote for the same assholes who have enslaved them in squalor.



I’ve been making a daily trek through the pigsty of West Philly through three presidential administrations (Bush, Obama, Trump) and the mayoral stints of John Street (only 15 associates went to prison for corruption), Michael Nutter (left office with a city pension plan underfunded by $5.7 billion), and Jim “beak nose” Kenney (Mr. Soda tax and under FBI investigation).

Over the course of the last 12 years (and many years prior) the list of Philadelphia politicians shipped off to Federal prison has been endless, including congressman Chaka Fattah, DA Seth Williams, State senator Vince Fumo, councilman Rick Mariano, and now union boss Johnny Dougherty and councilman Bobby Henon. A slew of lesser lights has also been shipped off to the penitentiary. Corruption is the common theme tying all Philly Democrat politicians together. They effortlessly fulfill the roles of ass in this article about holes.

The narrative pushed by the Democrat politicians and the left-wing rag – Phila Inquirer is Philadelphia is rising, attracting new businesses, and is the place to be for nightlife and millennials. Of course, the narrative is bullshit. Facts are always inconvenient to welfare state Democrats, but the ignorance of their constituents is what keeps them in power. The narrative of Philadelphia getting safer is obliterated by the 351 murders in 2018, up 43% since 2013, and the highest level since 2007.

Assaults involving a gun totaled 2,327, up 13% since 2014. There were over 14,000 violent crimes and 63,000 robberies and thefts in 2018. The vast majority of these crimes occur in West and North Philadelphia, as local news stories lead with multiple murders and shootings every night (average of 4 shootings per day). Over 80% of murder victims are young black men, murdered by other young black over drugs.

The population of the US grew from 179 million in 1960 to 309 million in 2010, up 73%, while the population of Philly dropped from 2 million to 1.5 million, a 25% decline. The feckless politicians have been touting how the population has risen by a few thousand since 2010 (probably illegals flocking to a sanctuary city). There are a few “hot” areas in the downtown area for the rich and gentrification sections drawing millennials. A few of my nieces and nephews moved into these “cool” areas of Philly. After being robbed and experiencing the “best” of Philly, they’ve all moved back to the relative safety of Montgomery County.

When a few rich folks dressed in Armani, wearing Rolexes get gunned down while nonchalantly strolling to their favorite 5 star restaurant in the “nice” part of town, the exodus will resume with alacrity. It seems the clueless liberal rich folks don’t consider the fact the armed free shit army can march into their “safe zones” and take what they want. The have nots know where the haves live. And they have no qualms about forcefully acquiring what they feel is their due. Shockingly, tough gun laws are not adhered to by the feral black criminals shuffling in the shadows on the garbage strewn, pothole ridden, mean streets of Philly.

The liberal narrative of a city on the upswing must be flogged incessantly to keep their constituents (aka slaves) docile and ignorant of reality. But, even the liberal press in Philly lets their guard down and admits the truth by accident sometimes. Five years ago, to much fanfare, Obama declared the Mantua section of West Philly a Promise Zone. How uplifting and noble. This designation was going to lead to investment, new businesses, jobs, and unicorns farting rainbows in West Philly.

Reality has been far different than the press releases and I see the reality every day as I drive through this pathetic excuse for a community. The reporter interviews people who have lived in Mantua for decades and they had never even heard the term Promise Zone. But at least someone painted a mural (aka graffiti) on the wall of a dilapidated tenement to let everyone know they were in a promise zone and not a dangerous ghetto.



The reality is that after a ten-year bull market and growing economy, West Philly hasn’t revived or seen any advancement in the lives of its inhabitants. Obama used your tax dollars to build low income housing and zoo parking garages and then more of your tax dollars to repair all the shoddily built low income houses built by incompetent minority owned union construction companies. The $28 million Taj Mahal parking garage is occupied approximately 30% of the year.

You are far more likely to see yellow crime tape in Mantua than a kid carrying a school book or a woman wearing a wedding ring. The only people portraying Obama’s Promise Zone as a success are the “non-profit” grifters who hoover up the Federal handouts and pretend they are helping the community. Now the inconvenient facts never acknowledged by the politicians and liberal activists:

Philadelphia’s poverty rate of 25.7% allows it to retain its supreme status as the “poorest big city in America.”

The Mantua Promise Zone, a two-square-mile area home to about 30,000 black people, has a poverty rate almost twice the citywide rate, at 50.6%, up from 50.2% in 2014.

The neighborhood’s deep poverty rate, defined as 50% below the federal poverty line, also increased – to 32.3% from 31.0% since 2014.

The 2016 Mantua unemployment rate was little changed at 12.3% (actually closer to 20% as those classified as Not in the Labor Force rose), more than twice the recent city-wide rate of 5.8%.

Mantua median household income in 2016 was $17,969, up slightly from $17,170 when the Promise Zone was announced. Still 70% below the national median.

The proportion of local people aged 25-64 with a high school education or higher edged up to 80.1% in 2016 from 79.6% two years earlier. This has been achieved by low

“The problem isn’t that Johnny can’t read. The problem isn’t even that Johnny can’t think. The problem is that Johnny doesn’t know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.” ― Thomas Sowell

Even the numbers quoted above about graduation rates are complete and utter bullshit. The brand spanking new West Philly High is where all the little Einsteins from Mantua and the rest of West Philly matriculate. This fine institution of learning has computer labs, the newest technology, a student teacher ratio of 12 to 1, 500 students (98% black), school uniforms and 100% receiving free breakfasts and lunches. The Philadelphia School District spends over $2.8 billion, or $14,000 per student per year.

Of course, a huge portion goes to administrators and gold-plated pension and healthcare benefits for the below average union teachers. The payoff for this investment is a 59% graduation rate at West Philly High, an average SAT score of 1057 among the cream of the crop who actually take the exam, and a ranking of 632 out of 677 high schools in PA. Despite these pitiful numbers, over 25% enroll in college. That tells you all you need to know about the state of higher education today.



“Most officially “poor” Americans today have things that middle-class Americans of an earlier time could only dream about—including color TV, videocassette recorders, microwave ovens, and their own cars. Moreover, half of all poor households have air-conditioning.” ― Thomas Sowell

Obama’s Promise Zone is a joke. They have used your tax dollars to knock down hovels, leaving vacant lots with wooden fences built around them. These vacant lots were supposed to be where all the re-development and businesses were supposed to magically appear. Instead they are strewn with garbage, drug paraphernalia, dog crap, and weeds. The Mantua Square low-income townhouse development, built in 2012 with 8 storefronts for all the businesses falling all over themselves for this awesome opportunity.

Seven years later and not one business occupies any of the storefronts. So much for black entrepreneurship. The neighborhood looks like downtown Baghdad after shock and awe. There are probably just as many weapons in West Philly as Baghdad. Despite the squalor, every saggy pants wearing teenager and 300 pound baby momma is yammering on an iGadget. Welfare teens are wearing $250 sneakers and $50,000 Cadillacs are parked in front of $25,000 rat infested fleapits. What a country – thank you Federal Reserve for all that easy money.



“One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.” ― Thomas Sowell

The entitlement mentality in West Philly is as strong as ever. Over 75% of black kids in West Philly are still born out of wedlock. Drug dealing is still the primary source of income. More than 50% of the population survive on tax payer funded food stamps, living in tax payer funded housing, using tax payer funded Obama phones, and watching taxpayer funded cable TV. They are more dependent today than they were a decade ago.

Obama’s Promise Zone essentially promised the people of Mantua more free shit and a continuation of their welfare mentality enslavement on the Democrat plantation. Keeping these people dumb and ignorant is essential for Democrat politicians retaining their stranglehold on power in Philly and all the urban ghettos across the land. If these people actually obtained a good education and learned to think for themselves, the chains of ignorance would be broken and the slaves freed.

The Democrat politicians who have controlled Philly since the 1950s are as incompetent as they are corrupt. They go hand in hand as the city falls further into debt and the basic infrastructure disintegrates. This has not been a harsh winter in the Philly area, but the roads, especially 34th Street from Girard Ave. to Haverford Ave., are a disgraceful example of government incompetence, apathy and fiscal irresponsibility. With a pension fund having only $4.9 billion in assets but $11.3 billion in liabilities, fiscal Armageddon awaits.

With a $6.2 billion shortfall (entire city budget is $4.7 billion), the scumbags running the city still allow the DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Plan) program to reward politicians and union leaders with criminally large payoffs as the infrastructure crumbles. This outrage allows eligible politicians to “retire” for a day at the end of their terms, collect six-figure cash bonuses, and then, upon winning reelection (and making a quick trip to the bank), go right back to work the next day. Six City Council members took DROP money — president Anna Verna ($566,039), Jack Kelly ($384,828), Donna Miller ($185,572), Frank DiCicco ($421,123), Frank Rizzo Jr. ($195,052), and Marian Tasco ($478,057) and were then eligible for their regular gold-plated pensions. All of these corrupt politicians were Democrats.



“The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people’s money away quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.” ― Thomas Sowell

While these crooked politicians have been pillaging from the taxpayer coffers for decades, the neglect and negligence of these elected officials to run the city is evident on every street, and particularly along the 30 Blocks of Squalor. They spent millions of Obama porkulus funds on installing wheel chair ramps on every street corner, while ignoring the crumbling sidewalks between the ramps which would prevent a wheelchair from ever needing to use the ramps. There is no rhyme or reason for which streets receive a new coating of blacktop from the overpaid sloth-like union dregs.

It’s incomprehensible that some barely used side streets were paved in the last year, while they allow 34th street to disintegrate on a daily basis to the point where cars are swerving in and out of lanes to avoid destroying their suspension or blowing a tire. This morning, after a light snow, the right lane was completely blocked because no government drone could be bothered to unclog the sewer drain and get rid of the foot of water at the entrance to the zoo. Some of the potholes in West Philly are so deep, you could probably catch a world-famous tasty Philly carp in them.

The reality is that despite having outrageously high city wage taxes of 3.9%, a sales tax levy of 8%, high corporate taxes, ever increasing real estate taxes, and sin taxes on cigarettes and soda, the city somehow can’t keep its basic infrastructure from falling apart. With gold plated government pension plans, siphoning funds to friends and family, and payoffs to union bosses, the budget doesn’t have anything left for potholes and keeping stoplights functioning.

The newly paved streets are dug up or incur sinkholes days after completion. The politicians never address the looming disaster under the thin veneer of blacktop. Ancient sewer lines and decrepit water pipes burst on a regular basis flooding homes and businesses because asshole politicians don’t give a crap about the poor black folk in West Philly. They’ll get their vote no matter how poorly they are served.



“To believe in personal responsibility would be to destroy the whole special role of the anointed, whose vision casts them in the role of rescuers of people treated unfairly by “society”.” ― Thomas Sowell

The definition of shithole is an extremely dirty, shabby, or otherwise unpleasant place. If ever a word described West Philly to a tee, it’s shithole. Every day appears to be garbage day, as refuse and debris litter the sidewalks and streets. The black people who inhabit this paradise of squalor don’t give a fuck about their community, their neighbors, or their city.

They have no self-respect, desire to improve their lot in life, or initiative to understand how they have been screwed and who screwed them. They wallow in ignorance and poverty, while believing that Democrat politicians care about their plight and are going to rescue them with more welfare handouts. Personal responsibility is an unknown concept in West Philly. Enslavement in dependency will keep West Philly from ever reviving itself.

The intersection of 36th and Lancaster Ave. is a five-way intersection that includes trolley tracks. A few weeks ago, the stoplight malfunctioned and was on blink when I passed through at 7:30 in the morning. A malfunction such as this should be repaired by an efficient government within a couple hours. The lights at this intersection remained dark for the next seven days.

That is a disgraceful example of government ineptitude and apathy. Further down the block, the lights at the major intersection of 36th and Chestnut have consistently malfunctioned resulting in gridlock conditions and many near accidents. These are the basic functions needed to keep a city running and the assholes running this shithole haven’t got a clue or don’t give a fuck.



All of the feel-good socialist drivel being spewed by AOC and her oblivious acolytes has been put into action in Philly and other urban ghettos across the land. Tens of trillions have been poured into these shitholes since LBJ rolled out his Great Society plans to enslave blacks in welfare goodies and ensuring their votes for a hundred years. Liberals like Hillary and AOC mouth platitudes about a village raising a child, when West Philly proves how well a village does in raising the bastard children of those who take no responsibility for the children they have produced.

Only a village idiot would believe cretins like Hillary and AOC know how your children should be raised. They’re fascists who want to take your money in order to forcefully inflict their warped vision upon the entire country and taking no responsibility for their epic failures. These socialist tyrants will not be happy until the entire country looks like the 30 Blocks of Squalor.

Seven decades of one party rule in Philadelphia has wrought murder, squalor, poverty, corruption, debt, welfare enslavement and guaranteed Democrat voters. This is the Democrat plan for the entire nation and is why they desperately want to keep the borders open to more Democrat voters. If successful, they will turn the entire nation into one giant shithole. If the Democrats gain one party rule over the country, AOC’s end of world prediction may come true – after the civil war starts.



“Hillary Clinton said you know, it takes a village to raise a child and somebody said it takes a village idiot to believe that … it is part of the whole thing of third parties wanting to make decisions for which they pay no price for when they’re wrong.” ― Thomas Sowell

what could possibly go wrong?

can anyone find her CV?

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what could possibly go wrong?

can anyone find her CV?

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Here she is on LinkedIn - looks pretty thin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/da...outlaw-mba-96238a53/

I suppose it's wrong of me, and certainly unchristian, to hope that these woke, politically motivated, appointments fail outright. There's plenty of good people who live and work each day in Philadelphia. I lived there for 7 months, and my ex-wife grew up there.

But I hope this is a shit show. I'd like to see crime go through the roof, and that Mayor Jim, "Let 'em go" Larry Krasner, and Commissioner Outlaw are run out of town on a rail.

The only thing that will cure the disease of progressivism in this country, or at least in its major cities, will be the abject failure of the ideology to deliver for the middle and upper classes.

The idiots need to see a good and sustained internal rot set in, with center city becoming uninhabitable, before things will change.

Portland PD has a new chief. Since the dipshit liberal (I know, that's redundant) mayor is also police commissioner, how much power does the chief have?

https://www.oregonlive.com/cri...son-for-the-job.html

Jami Resch, Portland’s new police chief, introduced by mayor as ‘best person for the job’

Updated Jan 06, 2020;Posted Jan 06, 2020
By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Jami L. Resch pledged Monday in her first public outing as Portland’s new police chief to be a “collaborative chief’’ who will work to be out in the community as much as possible.

Resch said she’ll continue the momentum that predecessor Danielle Outlaw began and said she hopes to serve out the remaining five years of her career as the city’s chief.

The 45-year-old police veteran will mark 21 years with the Portland bureau in February. She addressed news reporters from a 14th floor conference room of the Justice Center with Mayor Ted Wheeler by her side, a week after news broke that Outlaw had accepted a job as Philadelphia’s next police commissioner.

Resch said she’s dedicated to working to stem gun violence and traffic-related deaths, speeding up hiring to fill a growing number of officer vacancies, working to hold officers accountable, improving trust in the city and continuing to seek help from outside agencies as Portland braces for large protests in this upcoming election year. ]B]There are 100 vacancies in the bureau, leaving 901 sworn officers on the job.[/B]

“It’s a little bit overwhelming but it’s a very proud moment,'' Resch said. "I never wanted Chief Outlaw to leave, but I’m honored to take over.''

Resch received a call from Wheeler on Dec. 27 offering her the top job, a day after Outlaw phoned him to say she planned to accept the Philadelphia post. On Saturday, Resch showed up at the bureau to attend its monthly Muslim Advisory Council meeting, a group she’s been involved with for several years. Earlier Monday morning, she welcomed four new officers hired by the bureau.

Wheeler said he chose Resch because he believes she can "seamlessly'' continue to make the improvements in the police force that he and residents want. He said she’s been crucial in setting a vision for the bureau as deputy chief, demonstrated she can work well with city commissioners and is respected by rank-and-file officers and other command staff.

“I made an executive decision because I had my eye on Chief Resch for quite some time,’’ he said. “I know what she’s capable of … I already knew her. I already trusted her and I believe she’s the best person for the job.’’

Resch, a Montana native who grew up in the Beaverton area, graduated from Beaverton High School and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Portland, where she majored in allied health services with a minor in psychology.

She had a plan to become a doctor. When that didn’t transpire, she ended up becoming part of the Police Bureau’s “Operation 80,’’ a large class of recruits hired at the same time in February 1999.

“In all honesty, it was something that I did almost to see if I could,’’ she said of her switch to law enforcement. “I had never been on a ride-along. I had never shot a gun. I had never done anything related to police work.’’

Since then, she’s enjoyed a quick rise in the bureau. She became deputy chief under Outlaw in May after serving a year as assistant chief of investigations. She was promoted to captain’s rank in October 2016.

She was a captain at North Precinct and an acting commander there, a lieutenant at East Precinct and in the criminal intelligence unit, a sergeant of the gun task force, a manager of the Portland Police Honor Guard and a critical incident commander. She’s also worked as a neighborhood response team officer and crime analyst for the former Gang Enforcement Team in the bureau’s Tactical Operations Division.

Resch was sworn in as chief during a private ceremony last Tuesday at the Police Bureau, a day after Outlaw was introduced in Philadelphia as the next police commissioner. A public swearing-in ceremony is set for Thursday morning.

Serving under Outlaw, Resch said she was impressed by Outlaw’s ability to relate to people.

“There were a lot of things that Chief Outlaw did exceptionally well," Resch said. "I tried to learn as much from her as I could while she was here. She was very articulate in her public speaking. She bonded well immediately with people. They got an instant sense from her that she was compassionate about her job and her relationships that she had with the community, and I would like to continue that.”

Resch said she expects that her experience rising within the Portland police force and familiarity with the city could help her foster important community relationships.

“Having been here as long as I have been, I might be able to move some of these relationships farther, quicker,’’ she said.

Outlaw, an outsider from Oakland, started in Portland in October 2017 after a national search and served two years and two months.

Wheeler decided against conducting another national search based on several factors, he said.

"There’s a lot going on at the Police Bureau,'' he said. He cited budget preparations getting underway, police contract talks starting this month and called it a “delicate’’ time for the city in its effort to comply with a federal settlement arising from an investigation into police use of force against people with mental illness.

“Chief Resch is the right person to continue to drive that momentum,’’ the mayor said.

Wheeler also had concerns that he’d be at a disadvantage in attracting other strong candidates in a year when he’s up for reelection in May.

Resch took some of her time at the podium before news cameras to plead for community help to solve seven shootings that occurred over New Year’s Eve and to spread awareness about traffic fatalities, urging motorists not to speed or drive while drunk or distracted. She also said she supports body cameras for police and that the policy is still being developed.

Wendi Steinbronn, who retired from the Police Bureau as North Precinct’s commander and is now Washougal police chief, described Resch as “hard working, very humble and no-nonsense.’’

“She has a great sense of humor, and I can’t think of anyone in the Bureau who has ever said anything negative about her,'' Steinbronn said. "That is a rare quality.''

Steinbronn said she first met Resch when Resch was part of the bureau’s “Operation 80′' class. Mike Frome, who Resch appointed last week to serve as her assistant chief of operations, also was in that class.

Shortly after Resch was promoted to sergeant and working night shift at East Precinct, Steinbronn recalled how Resch’s night crew of officers were complaining about their district assignments in the precinct territory.

“She showed up to roll call the next day and had all the district assignments on pieces of paper and each officer had to draw a slip and whatever they drew was their district for that shift,’’ Steinbronn said. “This of course put a stop to the complaining.’’

Resch will set a great example, Steinbronn said. Yet Resch is also one not to take herself too seriously.

“I think she’s had a great variety of assignments that will serve her well,’’ Steinbronn said. She described Resch as a collaborative leader who will delegate responsibilities but ultimately will take responsibility for decisions made under her command.

“I’m very excited for her. She’s a strong leader and very deserving of the role,’’ Steinbronn said.

Resch also won praise for her work with vulnerable communities in Portland.

Musse Olol, vice chair of the bureau’s Muslim Advisory Council and president of the Somalia American Council of Oregon, and Laila Hajoo, president of Islamic Social Services of Oregon who is on the advisory council’s board, both called Resch a caring, trustworthy officer who has supported the council for years. She helped bring together different sects of Muslims to participate together in the group, which previously had been called the Arab-Muslim Advisory Council.

“She’s very accessible. She’s very easy to talk to,’’ Olol said. He always admired how Resch would visit mosques in the city on Ramadan and introduce herself to worshippers to try to give them a sense of security, he said.

“She was instrumental in supporting us whenever we needed her to be there for us. She was the most reliable officer we saw from the Police Bureau,’’ Olol said.

He was pleased to learn she was selected chief but not surprised, he said. “I knew that was the trajectory she was headed,’’ he said. “She had that levelheadedness and humbleness and understanding and a willingness to learn.’’

At their Saturday meeting, Hajoo said, council members talked about a recent alleged hate crime against a Portland State University foreign exchange student who had her hijab grabbed from her head. They discussed the need to reach out to the university’s public safety officers to encourage them to contact the council so members could provide support for the student. Resch has built that trust with council members, Hajoo said.

Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie, who served as director of Catholic Charities’ Refugee Resettlement Program for two and a half years, said Resch often turned out at Portland International Airport to help welcome new refugee families. She would come in uniform and help grab their luggage, load it into cars and hand out welcome bags or water, Soneoulay-Gillepsie said. She’d also encourage other officers to join her.

One night, a family was leery of putting their child in a car seat, but Resch helped in a friendly, fun way, making the child laugh as she explained how the seat worked, Soneoulay-Gillespie said. Resch also has annually attended Refugee Adjustment Day, helping serve food or watch children in the daycare area as refugees get help on how to apply for green cards, Soneoulay-Gillepsie said.

“For Jami, it’s not just showing up to show face,” she said. "She comes to contribute.''

Officer Daryl Turner, president of the Portland Police Association that represents Portland officers, sergeants and detectives, said he was Resch’s last field training officer before she was allowed to work alone on patrol as a rookie cop. Turner called Resch smart and hard-working.

Salem Deputy Chief George Burke, who retired from the Portland Police Bureau as North Precinct commander in 2016, worked closely with Resch, who was a captain in the precinct under him. He said she worked to ensure that supervisors were meeting federal settlement requirements in writing after-action police reports.

"She would be the one who would make sure those things were done and done on time,'' he said. "She’s very systematic, meticulous.''

More than many top police commanders, Resch also is open to others’ opinions and advice, Burke said.

"I think she knows what she doesn’t know,'' he said. "For a person who is the chief executive of the Police Bureau, she’s a very humble person and really willing to hear from her people. She’s much more open in seeking input from others.''

Resch, who made $185,556.80 as the bureau’s No. 2 cop, will be paid an annual salary of $215,000.

During her career, she’s also been a member of the bureau’s Slavic advisory council and active in the Catholic Charities’ Refugee Integration Program. Resch also volunteered her time with Camp Rosenbaum, Shop with a Cop and acted as a mentor for the Z-man Scholarship Foundation, according to the bureau.

Resch was married to a Portland firefighter for 22 years before their divorce in 2017. They have two sons. She’s now dating a recently promoted Portland police lieutenant, David Michaelson.

The bureau confirmed the two have been in a long-term relationship and said they’re registered as domestic partners with the Bureau of Human Resources. "Even before her promotion, there has been a plan in place to ensure that she will not play a role in any decisions regarding him,'' police spokesman Sgt. Kevin Allen said in an email.


-- Maxine Bernstein

Email at mbernstein@oregonian.com

Female police chiefs seem to be the trend in this country.

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Smart move for the mayor if he plans on running for reelection.

He's already been reelected in a landslide this past November 5th and here's the kicker: HE DID NOT EVEN HAVE TO CAMPAIGN. Philadelphia has elected ONLY Democrats to the Mayor's position for 70+ years now and once you get elected to your first term, getting the second and final term is a mere formality. Such is the way of a Democrat-run shithole like Philly.

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She turned Portland into a lawless Antifa stronghold with little to no respect for the police. Good luck Philadelphia, you'll need it.

Jim

She had a hand in it to be sure, but she didn't do it all by herself. The mayor - in fact, the last three mayors - bear the primary responsibility for that. The police chief is the one who issues the orders to the cops, but her instructions came from Wheeler.

I'm from Portland. When she left, she left the woman she had hired to do her job (seriously, it was Outlaws first act, to create a new position so that someone could do the job she got hired for so she could focus on "strategic issues") and that woman became the chief. She's doing a good job. Anyway, we are so grateful Chief Outlaw moved to Philly.

Philly folks, maybe not so much with the recent notification that she is ordering the police to not enforce most of the laws. "crimes that are listed include burglary, car theft, robbery, narcotics, prostitution, and fraud."https://www.vibe.com/2020/03/p...r-non-violent-crimes

Seems like a better procedure would have been to let the police use their discretion and urge caution so that they stay safe and uninfected.

Outlaw?

Really?

Life is definitely stranger than fiction sometimes.

I can only say WTF?

https://www.inquirer.com/healt...rasner-20200317.html

With courts closed by pandemic, Philly police stop low-level arrests to manage jail crowding

by Samantha Melamed and Mike Newall, Updated: March 18, 2020

One day after Philadelphia courts closed until April 1 to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw notified commanders Tuesday that police will be delaying arrests for nonviolent crimes, including drug offenses, theft, and prostitution.

» Update: Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw released a statement clarifying her remarks.

The announcement came in an internal memo outlining protections including social distancing during roll call and emphasizing the importance of the public’s safety, as well as the safety of officers. A boldfaced, yellow-highlighted paragraph notes that “if an officer believes that releasing the offender would pose a threat to public safety, the officer will notify a supervisor," who would decide whether the suspect should be held.

The Fraternal Order of Police issued a statement supporting the decision, which covers all narcotics offenses, thefts, burglary, vandalism, prostitution, stolen cars, economic crimes, such as bad checks and fraud, and any existing bench warrants.

“The directive was released to keep officers safe during this public-health crisis," said FOP Lodge 5 president John McNesby. “Meanwhile, violent offenders will be arrested and processed with the guidance of a police supervisor.”

The news came as a relief to advocates who have worried that, in light of court closures, those held pretrial could be incarcerated indefinitely — and that jail populations could quickly balloon as a result. They say those already in jail or prison — including elderly and medically vulnerable people — will be at high risk for infection once the virus begins spreading into the jails.

That’s already been a reality in Delaware County, where two prison staffers have tested positive for the coronavirus and have self-quarantined; 11 prisoners also were quarantined, but none have shown symptoms.

On Tuesday morning, the city’s two nonprofit bail funds posted bail for about 40 people, some held on bails as low as $4,000.

Sam Merkt, 29, arrived at the Stout Center for Criminal Justice in Philadelphia wearing rubber gloves and a homemade cotton face mask Tuesday morning, with a stack of freshly cut checks in her backpack. Merkt was chosen to venture out during the pandemic via a “harm reduction approach" because she is young, healthy, and lives alone.


Since reentry services are mostly shut down due to the virus, she said, volunteers were meeting those released outside the jails with transit passes and gift cards.

District Attorney Larry Krasner said his office would respond to the pandemic by seeking to release most of those charged with nonviolent offenses or misdemeanors without requiring them to post bail. He also had urged the police to exercise discretion in charging to avoid jail overcrowding, particularly given fears that crowded jails will be unable to separate prisoners as needed to stop the spread of the virus.

Krasner indicated his office might seek to detain some defendants so a judge could consider additional conditions of release, such as electronic monitoring for house arrest. Court spokespersons did not respond to questions about how many monitors remain available, if any.

Over the weekend, Philadelphia police were still arresting people for charges like drug possession and retail theft, despite these growing concerns.

Marcquita Coleman, 31, said she was relieved to learn that her spouse, who has been struggling with addiction, would be released through the Philadelphia Bail Fund’s intervention. She had been arrested on March 11 and held on $30,000 bail.

“She really needs help,” Coleman said. “She shouldn’t have bought drugs, but my biggest concern was her safety in there. ... I need her out of that prison, especially while this virus is going on."

Officials in Philadelphia and Delaware and Montgomery Counties have already begun working to release some people early from prison, including by filing early parole petitions — though as of Tuesday, around 50 petitions jointly filed by Philadelphia prosecutors and defenders the previous week still awaited judges’ signatures. Philadelphia public defenders are filing emergency motions to release nonviolent offenders who are medically vulnerable. And Delaware County is looking to parole some prisoners early and delay others’ sentences, said County Council Chairman Brian Zidek.

“We really are looking at whatever active measures we could take to reduce the prison population,” Zidek said.

Jails and prisons across the state have eliminated visits. Philadelphia became one of the last to do so Tuesday morning.

The state prisons are also waiving co-pays. Pennsylvania Prison Society executive director Claire Shubik-Richards said it’s critically important that jails do the same. Her organization has sent surveys to all Pennsylvania prisons and jails asking about how they’re adapting.

“Are they going to be able to test [for COVID-19]? Will they have enough tests?” Shubik-Richards said. “That’s a troubling issue.”

On Monday, the ACLU, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and Families Against Mandatory Minimums sent letters to every jail, prison, and immigration detention center in Pennsylvania urging precautions. The state Department of Corrections has declined to release its pandemic-response policy, citing security concerns.

In the letter, the advocates asked that each prison’s plan describe how it will house those who become exposed to the virus. They added: “This should not result in prolonged, widespread lock-downs.”


Staff writer Vinny Vella contributed to this article.