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From Portland Tribune, November 8, 2018 An emergency room doctor told Christopher Adrian Garcia’s family that ‘the system failed him.’ Authorities are investigating. Deep in the throes of psychosis three weeks ago, Christopher Adrian Garcia, 35, was asking for help. At other times, he was intent upon killing himself. This message, his family says, was […]
Dr. Joseph H. Treleaven, Born 07/16/1926, Died: 10/08/2018 Joe Treleaven died on October 8, 2018 at age 92 in his home in Salem, Oregon. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Joe had many fond memories of his early childhood living on a farm out in the prairies. In 1949 he married Catherine Connolly and […]
Family to file suit over police shooting death – Medford Tribune, October 26, 2018 A lawyer representing the parents of a mentally ill man shot dead by Eagle Point police in a Carl’s Jr. bathroom said they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the Eagle Point Police Department after seeing bodycam footage of […]
A conversation with Bob Joondeph & Nigel Jaquiss of the Willamette Week, October 24, 2018 Without Bob Joondeph, many of the 700,000 disabled Oregonians would be worse off. Joondeph, 68, started work at the federally funded civil rights watchdog group Disability Rights Oregon in 1986 and became the group’s executive director in 1991. DRO led […]
From The Register-Guard, October 14, 2018 Sara Scofield doesn’t remembering calling 911 to report her own suicide attempt nearly 20 years ago. All she recalls is the sense of despair and pain she was feeling that day, waiting until she was alone, swallowing a handful of pills — and then waking up in the hospital. […]
Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s Garlington Campus Opens The Skanner – September 26, 2018 At a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by 250 supporters, including federal and county officials and community partners, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare celebrated the opening of its new Garlington Campus, home to the Garlington Health Center and Garlington Place Apartments Sept. 21 in Northeast Portland. The […]
READ – US DOJ OPPOSES inclusion of the Mental Health Alliance (PDF) READ – Portland Police Association OPPOSES inclusion of the Mental Health Alliance (PDF) READ – City of Portland OPPOSES inclusion of the Mental Health Alliance (PDF) UPDATE – Mental Health Alliance granted ‘friend of the court’ status in police reform case – October […]
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 […]
Paige Matthews, Guest column in Salem Statesmen Journal – September 7, 2018 Paige Matthews, MA, NCC, is a co-occurring therapist at Bridgeway Recovery Services in Salem. A co-Occurring therapist provides individual and group counseling for people with co-occurring mental health and substance-use disorders. Matthews specializes in LGBTQ+ substance use and mental health counseling. Reach her […]
READ – Motion for Amicus Curiae Status by the Mental Health Alliance In December 2012, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland, alleging improper use-of-force by the Portland Police Bureau against members of a protected class. The US Attorney’s Office and the DOJ Civil Rights Division sought injunctive and […]
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