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Month: June 2011

Man with history of mental illness shot by Portland police

June 30, 2011
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This post will collect the initial press clippings from the Portland Police shooting on June 30 & July 1, 2011. PRESS RELEASE, Portland Police Bureau – Portland Police Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting in SW Portland – June 30, 2011 PRESS RELEASE, Portland Police Bureau – Update on Today’s Officer-Involved Shooting – June 30, 2011 PRESS RELEASE, […]

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Psychiatric Security Review Board Reform Bills Set to Become Law

June 30, 2011
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By Amanda Waldroupe of The Lund Report, June 29, 2011 Although both House Bill 3100 and Senate Bill 420 passed the Legislature handily, doubts still remain Two bills that will reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) have passed the House and Senate. Expected to soon become law, they represent the most substantive changes to […]

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Aid on the Asphalt: Hitting the Street with CAHOOTS

June 29, 2011
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By Dante Zuñiga-West, Eugene Weekly, June 29, 2011 Schizophrenics waking up in parking lots bloody and disoriented, suicidal college women threatening to jump, junkies in bathroom stalls, half-dead, face-down.  This is a side of Eugene witnessed by people who choose to look after the city in ways most don’t or won’t. Men and women working […]

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Oregon State Hospital annex at Junction City still alive

June 25, 2011
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From the Eugene Register Guard, June 25, 2011 A $5 million allocation from the Legislature is a fraction of the projected cost, but sources say the proposal is just delayed Legislators are close to unveiling a proposal that would allocate $5 million for infrastructure costs over the next two years for the state psych­iatric hospital […]

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Mary Lee Andison shot by Clark Co. deputies expected to survive

June 25, 2011
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From The Columbian, June 25, 2011 The woman critically injured Friday after being shot by a SWAT officer was identified Saturday as Mary Lee Andison. Andison, 60, reportedly told officers she wanted them to shoot her and advanced on them with a handgun. Clark County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Schanaker said Andison remains in critical condition. […]

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State to Pot Doc: Stop!

June 25, 2011
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From the Daily Astorian, June 3, 2011 Doctor Poses ‘An Immediate Danger to the Public and to His Patients’ The Oregon Medical Board has issued an emergency suspension for the doctor working at Astoria’s new medical marijuana resource center. Dr. Gregory Rodriguez Gomez‘ license to practice medicine in Oregon — already on a 10-year probation […]

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John Oscar Branch shot by Newberg-Dundee police expected to survive

June 24, 2011
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Police shoot man with knife in Dundee From KATU.com, June 24, 2011 One man has been shot and injured after police in Dundee shot the suspect who they say came at them with a knife and refused to drop his weapon. The Newberg-Dundee Police Department has not released many details about the shooting except to […]

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Nearly three-quarters of Portland’s male arrestees test positive for drugs

June 23, 2011
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From The Oregonian, June 15, 2011 Nearly three-quarters of men arrested in Portland last year tested positive for at least one illegal drug, according to new national research. A study being released today by the Office of National Drug Control Policy shows 22 percent of Portland’s male arrestees tested positive for opiates in 2010, nearly […]

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Homeless population in Multnomah County increases 8 percent over 2 years

June 21, 2011
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From the Oregonian, June 21, 2011 Homelessness in Multnomah County jumped about 8 percent between 2009 and 2011, according to a new report that looked at how many people were living on the streets, at emergency shelters or in motels with vouchers earlier this year. READ – ‘The Portland Housing Bureau, Multnomah County and their […]

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Mental Health Crisis Center Opens In Multnomah County

June 20, 2011
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From OPB.org, June 20, 2011 DOWNLOAD / LISTEN to April Baer’s report, or click here to listen on OPB.org (Note: when posted, the recording cut off at 1:36. Check the OPB website for an updated version.) Multnomah County and three other funders open a new Crisis Center for people with mental illness. The facility was […]

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