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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 […]
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