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These are links and files for the Wikipedia page, “United States v. City of Portland.” United States v. City of Portland – initial complaint – PDF file, US District Court, 12/17/2012 U.S. Justice Department launches civil rights review of Portland police – link, Oregonian U.S. Justice Department launches civil rights review of Portland police – […]
December 3, 2015 MEMORANDUM TO THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND COMMUNITY LIAISON FROM: The DOJ Monitoring Team SUBJECT: COAB Operations The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) provides this memorandum, in consultation with the City Attorney’s Office to provide guidance to COCL and COAB members in light of issues raised during recent COAB meetings concerning the […]
Chicago academics suggest Portland police survey those they’ve had contact with, particularly mental health consumers – Oregonian, October 13, 2015 The only way to accurately measure whether Portland police are improving their encounters with people who have mental illnesses is to survey the people themselves, says a team of Chicago-based academics hired by the city […]
Consult Hardesty, July 29, 2015 “In a society governed by the rule of law, the government, its officials and agents are subject to and held accountable under the law. Modern societies have developed systems of checks and balances, both constitutional and institutional, to limit the reach of excessive government power, and to subject the government […]
The settlement agreement for United States v. City of Portland is now under some degree of management by the Chicago-based team of Rosenbaum & Watson LLP, and their Portland-based representative Kathleen Saadat. A cursory review of the Compliance Officer/Community Liaison & Community Oversight Advisory Board web site does not reveal any relevant progress to date […]
Portland, the DOJ and the slow moving gears of mental health services – Street Roots, May 7, 2015 In 2013, the city agreed to create a mental health center in its settlement with the Department of Justice over police use of force. Two years later, what that would look like is all still a matter […]
Former Oregon Chief Justice Paul DeMuniz withdraws from Portland team overseeing police reforms, Oregonian, April 8, 2015 Former Oregon Chief Justice Paul DeMuniz withdrew Wednesday from Portland’s compliance team selected to oversee federally mandated police reforms. In an email he sent to members of the city’s new Community Oversight Advisory Board that he chaired, DeMuniz, […]
OPB News, April 3, 2015 Portland has a new police oversight group, the Community Oversight Advisory Board. It’s made up of five police officers and 15 citizen volunteers, including people living with disabilities and mental illnesses. The group is part of a legal settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which had found a pattern of […]
Police Training Audit Fails Basic Task – Truth, published in Street Roots, March 17, 2015 By Jenny Westberg & Jason Renaud for the Mental Health Association of Portland “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 The City Auditor’s March 2015 appraisal of the Portland Police Training Division is devastatingly […]
From the Oregonian, October 31, 2014 The word “trust” kept coming up in a Portland City Council hearing last week, but none of the commissioners should feel flattered. Speaker after speaker addressed the city council, pleading with them not to appeal a federal judge’s authority over the city’s police-reforms settlement. For too long, they said, the […]
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