Michael Romano

There are frequently false positive drug tests in Oregon. The most common test kit used by Oregon State Police troopers, local sheriff’s deputies, and city police officers is the NIK kit. The kits are relatively inexpensive and used in the field (during active investigations) to quickly test for controlled substances (aka “illegal drugs”). They are also used […]

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) are a new Google-backed form of webpage that are expected to be implemented into Google’s search engine results in early 2016.  Some marketers are theorizing that Google will give these pages a ranking boost because they will load fast and thus be preferred by mobile users. Preliminary tests have shown that AMP

Disability Rights Oregon has completed a review of hours of video, interviewed 19 prisoners, and has issued a report detailing abuse of prisoners in Behavioral Health Unit at the Oregon State Penitentiary— including routine use of tasers, pepper-spray, isolation, and denial of access to adequate mental health care. Disability Rights Oregon (formerly Oregon Advocacy Center) was established in

Two computer programmers from Seattle– Eric Rachner and Phil Mocek (blog)– have used Washington’s Public Records Act and their analytic skills to uncover instances and patterns of officer misconduct at the Seattle Police Department, all while the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA) systematically shielded dirty cops from reprimands. Read more at The Stranger and the Sky Valley Chronicle.

As of Friday April 9th, 2015, the Oregon DMV office location wait times for 37 offices around the state are now available on the Oregon DMV website. Under the caption “Wait Times at DMV Offices,” click on the link labeled, “Office Wait Time System” for the “DMV Approximate Wait Times.”    

The New York Times published an article November 9th, 2014 that highlights police misuse of civil forfeiture laws. Originally intended to seize guns, cars, cash, and other fruits of criminal activity, civil forfeitures around the country are being used aggressively by law enforcement as nothing more than a shopping list for police departments to obtain

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Patrol Sergeant Charlie Eipper of the Wichita Falls Police Department believes that God, Jesus Christ, and the Scriptures support his use of a rifle and sniper scope to kill anyone he finds threatening, and he’s written a book called “Jesus Christ on Killing.” Eipper  is quoted as saying, “When Jesus comes back, he will be

  Marriages in the United States producing firstborn daughters are more likely to end in divorce than those producing firstborn sons. It’s been generally assumed that this is evidence of fathers’ preference for a son. Scientists have recently published a study in the journal Demography that challenges the conventional belief. The study– co-authored by Duke University economist Amar

From the City Club of Portland website: “4th Dimension is a place for recovery in the real world. It is an alternative social club that is dedicated to bettering the lives of those who inhabit it. Their mission is simple: to provide a safe and fun environment for the recovery community. The 4th Dimension is

In October of 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Zohydro ER (hydrocodone bitartrate) for patients with pain that requires daily, around-the-clock, long-term treatment that cannot be treated with other drugs. The active ingredient in Zohydro is the opioid hydrocodone. However, unlike Vicodin, Zohydro can be taken without the threat of severe liver damage, which can occur