Sellwood neighborhood resident Eli Arnold is running for Portland City Council District 4 (Sellwood, Eastmoreland, West of Willamette). His day job is a Portland Police Officer on the Central City Bike Squad. He and BikePortland founder Jonathan Maus talked about a wide range of issues, including:

• His experience on the bike squad.
• Why he started a community garden in his Savannah, GA neighborhood in 2014.
• How he can be trusted to lead with only Army and police experience.
• What he thinks about Former City Councilor Jo Ann Hardesty's violence prevention tactics.
• Policing in Portland and Arnold's ideas for improving it.
• What he'd do to save lives on our streets.
• Why I'm skeptical of his candidacy and Portland Police in general.
• and much more!

Links from the episode:

• Kickstarter for community garden project in 2014
• "Portland Police officer admits no traffic enforcement messaging was politically motivated" (BikePortland, August 8th, 2023)
• PPB Central Bike Squad on Instagram
• "Beloved Portland Police Officer Robert Pickett moves on" (BikePortland, May 10th, 2011)
• Arnold's campaign website
• Eli For Portland Instagram

Thanks to Brock Dittus of Sprocket Podcast fame for our theme music. And thanks for listening.

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