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Mayor Ted Wheeler, who has overseen the police bureau for nearly eight years, deferred to PPB’s statement.When *WW* told Geisheker that the police declined to tell *WW* what the bureau is doing about places like Carnation, she expressed dismay. “It’s repugnant,” she says. “I always thought of Portland as a cool town where we were trying to look after each other, and this certainly isn’t that.”Her brows bunch up as she thinks of the women next door, just 50 or so feet from where she sits on her living room couch.“They’ve been there for three years, and they don’t even get out to get outside and get fresh air or go for a walk or have any kind of life outside of being told what to do,” she says. “It’s heartbreaking that the police don’t want to do anything about this.”*Eliza Aronson reported this story during an internship with the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism at the University of Oregon.*## Eliza Aronson| eliza@wweek.comOpens in new windowEliza covers everything from local politics to over-the-hill rock bands. She won the Outstanding Journalism award from the University of Oregon upon graduation in 2024. Her expose revealed the University of Oregon’s failure to report fraternity misconduct and to protect students.## The LatestHealth## Top OHSU Lawyer Is RetiringCULTURE## A Film Festival Makes Use of OMSI’s Big Screens and Fancy TechCity## As County Passes Funding for Moda Center Renovation, City Tussles Over Term SheetState## 16 Democratic Lawmakers Press Treasurer Steiner for a Full Audit of Retirement Fund RisksCity## City Council Explores How It Might Impose New Conditions on a Firm Seeking to Buy Zenith TerminalVisual Arts## First Thursday Street Fair Canceled Due to Poor Air QualityEnvironment## The Fields Park Closes While Officials Gauge Hazards From the Centennial Mills Fire