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Month: June 2016

What are the main causes of homelessness? Public weighs in

June 29, 2016
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| Housing

Portland Tribune, June 28, 2016 Eds. Note – this is a completely useless article filled with assumptions and misguided notions of help, drifting quickly in the moral maze of civil liberties. The author does not understand the subject. Yet we feel compeled to include it as a snapshot of what goes on for thinking about […]

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Posted in <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/housing/" rel="category tag">Housing</a> Tagged <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/dhm-panel-survey/" rel="tag">DHM Panel Survey</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/homelessness/" rel="tag">Homelessness</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/statistics/" rel="tag">statistics</a> Leave a comment

PDX Police Oversight Collapses, Shots (updated x8)

June 28, 2016
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| Law Enforcement

Community police oversight panel to meet in undisclosed location with video feed for public From The Oregonian, July 2016 After halting recent meetings due to disruptions from the public, the city’s Community Oversight Advisory Board will gather Thursday night in an undisclosed location yet allow the session to be viewed on a video feed in […]

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For Chris Kalonji’s family, the nightmare gets worse and worse

June 28, 2016
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| Police violence

Portland Tribune, June 28, 2016 Clackamas County is refusing to pay the parents of a 19-year-old who was killed by police for the damages to their apartment by bloodstains and a tear-gas bomb launched by SWAT members. After living at the apartment in Oak Grove for more than 15 years, lrene and Antonie Kalonji didn’t […]

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Multnomah County Judge Plans to Organize All Mental Health Cases in One Court

June 26, 2016
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| Courts

Published in The Lund Report, June 2016 Judge Edward Jones wants to have the final say on which people charged with crimes are sent to the Oregon State Hospital for stabilization as they await trial, with an eye toward reducing the prosecution of misdemeanors. He believes that this coordination will stop the county’s steeply increasing […]

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Why we document you: Recording the city’s oversight failure

June 23, 2016
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| Law Enforcement

Published in Street Roots, June 2016 by Jason Renaud and Jenny Westberg | 23 Jun 2016 COMMENTARY | Many Portlanders who are vulnerable to police harm are scrutinizing officials with cellphone cameras It seems like a million years ago, but there was a time when the testament to a fine performance or thrilling speech was […]

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Volunteers Needed: PAIMI Advisory Council

June 23, 2016
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| Mental Health

Disability Rights Oregon’s Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Program (PAIMI) program is looking for new members to serve on our PAIMI Council. The Council works to advise Disability Rights Oregon staff, develop program objectives and priorities, assess program performance, and educate the public about Disability Rights Oregon’s purpose, priorities and activities. The […]

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DOJ-driven PDX Police Oversight Begins To Collapse

June 15, 2016
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| Law Enforcement

Job Opening: Compliance Officer/Community Liaison & the Community Oversight Advisory Board Chair Posted: 6/17/2016 Location: Portland Metro Closing Date: open until filled Industry: Nonprofit Type: Part Time Background: Rosenbaum and Watson, LLP has contracted with the City of Portland to evaluate the implementation of the Settlement Agreement (SA) between the United States Department of Justice […]

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Posted in <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/law-enforcement/" rel="category tag">Law Enforcement</a> Tagged <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/amanda-fritz/" rel="tag">Amanda Fritz</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/coab/" rel="tag">COAB</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/community-oversight-advisory-board/" rel="tag">Community Oversight Advisory Board</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/kathleen-saadat/" rel="tag">Kathleen Saadat</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/u-s-department-of-justice/" rel="tag">U.S. Department of Justice</a> Leave a comment

What happened to Robert Wickizer

June 9, 2016
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| Police violence

Robert Wickizer, 70, was killed by police May 30, 2016, as they responded to a disturbance call in Tualatin. Officers said to be “involved” – one or more of whom shot Wickizer to death – were Tualatin officer Erich French, Beaverton officer Charles Wujcik, Beaverton officer Aaron Oberst, Washington County Sergeant Chris Schweigert, Hillsboro officer […]

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Posted in <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/police-shootings/" rel="category tag">Police violence</a> Tagged <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/aaron-oberst/" rel="tag">Aaron Oberst</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/anthony-cristofaro/" rel="tag">Anthony Cristofaro</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/charles-wujcik/" rel="tag">Charles Wujcik</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/chris-schweigert/" rel="tag">Chris Schweigert</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/erich-french/" rel="tag">Erich French</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/karen-gunson/" rel="tag">Karen Gunson</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/nathaniel-will/" rel="tag">Nathaniel Will</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/officer-involved-shootings/" rel="tag">officer-involved shootings</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/robert-wickizer/" rel="tag">Robert Wickizer</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/tualatin-police-department/" rel="tag">Tualatin Police Department</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/washington-county-sheriffs-office/" rel="tag">Washington County Sheriff's Office</a> Leave a comment

ADA suit charges Bend hospital fired surgeon due to psychiatric disability

June 9, 2016
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| Health Care

The Bend Bulletin, June 7, 2016 A prominent cardiothoracic surgeon is suing St. Charles Health System under the Americans with Disabilities Act, alleging the health system fired him in November because of his mental impairment. Dr. John Blizzard, whose sudden departure caused heart and lung surgeries to be temporarily diverted to Portland, seeks more than […]

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Posted in <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/health-care/" rel="category tag">Health Care</a> Tagged <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/ada/" rel="tag">ADA</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/john-blizzard/" rel="tag">John Blizzard</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/st-charles-medical-center/" rel="tag">St. Charles Medical Center</a> 2 Comments

A life in free fall

June 9, 2016
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The Daily Astorian, May 30, 2016, updated June 7, 2016 It didn’t take long for Vincent Davidson-Gilbert’s life to fall apart once he starting using drugs again. The former Seaside resident had a house, a good job and an eight-year marriage. Though he went to prison at 18 for a spate of crimes committed during […]

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