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Program in Eugene, Ore., is viewed as a model for reducing risk of violence Wall Street Journal – November 30, 2018 (SEE PDF FOR PHOTOGRAPHS) They are the kind of calls that roll into police departments with growing regularity: a man in mental crisis; a woman hanging out near a dumpster at an upscale apartment […]
NEWS STORIES Portland Committee on Community-engaged Policing holds meeting, seeks applicants, KATU.com May 10, 2018 A New Citizen Board Charged With Police Oversight Might Have Less Power than the One It’s Replacing, Portland Mercury, July 28, 2018 Portland hires 2 firms to develop new community policing group, Oregonian, April 18, 2018 Portland Committee for Community-Engaged […]
County rolls out 24/7 mobile crisis response The Daily Astorian, June 27, 2018 Police and sheriff’s deputies in Clatsop County who have to make life-and-death decisions about people in mental health crisis will get some backup. Mental health experts will be on call around the clock to advise law enforcement about whether someone who is […]
Portlanders have strong feelings about the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). We know this from the emotionally-charged demonstrations that overwhelmed downtown Portland in the last two years. We know this because of the quick dismissal of platitudes and empty reassurances from the PPB about the progress it is making. There are many people who haven’t been […]
From The Lund Report, March 19, 2018 Eds. Note: The Oregon Law & Mental Health Conference is a program of the Mental Health Association of Portland. At a time when a third of Oregon prisoners have mental health needs, activists and leaders are looking at better addressing the intersection between mental health and the law. […]
Oregonian, September 15, 2017 Portland police still lack the ability to track whether officers are using less force against people with mental health issues three years into a federal settlement that was supposed to improve their response, outside consultants say. “We do not believe the PPB has the data systems in place to adequately measure […]
Testimony to Portland City Council – August 3, 2017 From the Mental Health Association of Portland On the Plan for Portland Commission on Community-Engaged Policing – ITEM #872 The proposal to make changes to the settlement agreement reopens the agreement, but doesn’t include the community in those change decisions, and doesn’t go far enough to […]
Yamhill County to pay $5 million to settle lawsuit stemming from jail inmate’s death Oregonian – 7/21/2017 READ – Estate of Jed Hawk Myers v. Yamhill County (PDF) READ – Probable Cause Statement / assault on Jed, cause of death (PDF) READ – Yamhill County jail policy on medical care (PDF) Yamhill County will pay […]
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Portland Mercury, May 24, 2017 Some See That As Cause for Concern in a City That’s Seen Past Tragedy On a walljust past two locked doors at Portland’s new facility for people in acute mental health crisis, a small silver sign sits above three beige lockboxes. It’s easy to miss, but a top administrator at […]
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