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Travis Anthony Moore, 38, was shot to death by one or both of two Oregon City police officers, David Edwins and David Plummer, on May 21. The officers were attempting to serve Moore with an arrest warrant for failure to appear on a previous charge. Moore had schizophrenia, according to his brother, Adam. +++ Man killed […]
A new ‘Release Checklist’ from ReEntry Mental Health Action Team will help families and friends plan and provide a continuum of care for persons with mental illness as they transition back to their communities after incarceration. The Action Team meets every 4th Tuesday of the month at TVF&R Community Room, 20665 SW Blanton Street, Aloha. […]
From The Lund Report, May 27, 2016 Once the Unity Center opens later this year, people in crisis will have a calmer, more patient-focused option for care – possibly starting with a ride in an ambulance rather than a police car. Describing a friend in crisis who spent more than 40 hours without care in […]
Bodhi Wilson Dean Phelps, 22, of Fairview, was shot and killed by Gresham Police officers Gavin Sasser and Kevin Carlson on May 24 as they responded to reports of domestic violence. KGW.com, May 26, 2016 +++ Press release: Domestic violence suspect shot by officers Gresham Police Department, FlashAlert.net, May 24, 2016 An early morning domestic violence […]
By Jason Renaud and Jenny Westberg, Street Roots, May 26, 2016 “What’s in a name?” Juliet muses from the balcony. “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare was right – mostly. In general, things are not fundamentally altered by changing what we call them. But hate speech has its own rules. […]
HealthcareDIVE, May 20, 2016 Dive Brief: Spending on mental disorders in the U.S. was $201 billion in 2013, beating out all other medical conditions, according to a study in the latest issue of Health Affairs. Of that amount, more than 40% was related to spending for institutionalized care. Rounding out the top 10 most costly medical conditions […]
KATU, May 10, 2016 When Cody Lee Miller climbed an 80-foot tree in downtown Seattle, the story got a lot of traction on Twitter (#manintree); onlookers chanted and laughed. “Issue appears to be between the man and the tree,” Seattle police tweeted. Miller was briefly hospitalized and then jailed, held on $50,000 bail for malicious […]
Greetings, My name is Sean Mannion and I’m a producer for the film The Videoblogs. The Videoblogs is an independent feature film about […]
Salem Statesman-Journal, May 4, 2016 Oregon State Hospital Superintendent Greg Roberts will retire at the end of the year. During an interview at the State Hospital on Wednesday, Roberts said he was hired to improve the hospital, and that job is done. He said he believes the State Hospital is now the best institution of […]
After a year of investigation and delay the Portland City Council-appointed Citizen Review Commission met last night to review the case of Matthew Klug. After 45 minutes of self-indulgent delay, the CRC bumbled through its agenda before conceding they had little to add to the Portland Police Bureau’s exoneration of two Portland police officers’ rough […]
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