EUGENE, Ore. - Citizens and groups gathered at Tuesday night's Eugene City Council meeting to weigh in on whether or not the city's Downtown Public Safety Zone - also known as the Exclusion Zone - should continue.
The Eugene City Council voted 5 to 3 to extend the Downtown Public Safety Zone for 18 months until April 2012.
Commonly known as the "exclusion zone," the zone allows law enforcement to bar people accused of certain crimes from being in Eugene's...
If police cite you for any of a number of crimes, a judge can ban you from downtown for 90 days or a year - without a conviction. The policy appears to have moved some chronic crime problems out of downtown.
Eugene police want the City Council to extend the sunset date for the Downtown Public Safety Zone by 150 days to give the Police Commission and City Council more time to review the results of the two-year-old effort.
Eugene police want the City Council to extend the sunset date for the Downtown Public Safety Zone by 150 days to give the Police Commission and City Council more time to review the results of the two-year-old effort.
The Downtown Public Safety Zone,...
Eugene police want the City Council to extend the sunset date for the Downtown Public Safety Zone by 150 days to give the Police Commission and City Council more time to review the results of the two-year-old effort.
The Eugene City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to support a 12-point plan that aims to improve safety in Downtown Eugene.
“Making downtown safer is a critical step in our downtown revitalization efforts," said City Manager Jon Ruiz. "These...
On Saturday, police say a Eugene man was set on fire during an assault in the downtown/university area.
Today, EPD sent out this response:
To respond to recent crimes that have occurred in the downtown area, as well as a sustained level of problem...
The City of Eugene plans to clean up downtown by kicking out criminals. Police will start enforcing an exclusion zone Friday. But how will the process work?