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Salem Statesman Journal, August 7 2016 READ – Oregon State Hospital records stolen from chief of psychiatry’s car, April 2012 Eds. Note – We filed a public documents request for the email discussion of this data breach with the Oregon State Hospital on August 13. Our request sat in the spam folder of OSH’s Health […]
Sent by the Mental Health Association of Portland to all City of Portland commissioners and chiefs of staff on September 28, 2016. This letter is in reference to proposed labor agreement between City of Portland and the Portland Police Association, through January 2020. But not including an agreement on body-worn cameras (PDF). Commissioners, We write […]
On Oct. 21, 2012, Chase Hammer, 27, was confronted by Salem police responding to a mental health call. Hammer was armed with a revolver, with which he was threatening to kill himself. His family wanted to assure police he was not a danger to anyone but himself, but officers never talked to them. Officers ordered […]
KATU News, Sept. 16, 2016 It’s been nearly 10 years since James Chasse, a man with paranoid schizophrenia, died in police custody after Portland officers beat him. An advocate for the mentally ill says despite many reforms, justice is still not served. Portland’s police chief told KATU Friday the bureau has come a long way […]
Central City Concern’s John Bischof, MD and Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center’s Bridgett Bradley, Pharm.D present a comprehensive overview of the treatment of depression in the public health world as of this moment (August 2015). Why this series of four videos great is Bischof includes a person in recovery as an integrated part of the […]
Portland Tribune, September 2016 Ryan Cowger, 32, was a 4.0 student who moved to Portland to start a new life after falling into opiate addiction. On Jan. 13, 2015, he was found dead in a shower at a transitional shelter after overdosing on heroin. These are just two among the 88 deaths of homeless people […]
From the Longview Daily News, September 9, 2016 Bernie Altman, a beloved mental health advocate and retired teacher, died Thursday two weeks after suffering horrific stab wounds and other injuries at his Kelso home. He died at about 4:40 p.m. at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, a spokesperson for the family confirmed. He was […]
Redmond couple grieve loss of friend, neighbor Say they’d tried to help Michael Gaskill, fatally injured by police car video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player REDMOND, Ore. – Michael Gaskill, the man hit by a Redmond police car last week, died over the weekend. NewsChannel 21’s Dani Fried spoke Monday with two neighbors who say they’re […]
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