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Will They Ever Learn? Report on Cop Shooting Investigations Finds “Room for Improvement” Portland Mercury, June 27, 2012 The day after the city released an outside analysis of seven police shootings since 2004—a report that raised significant concerns about the Portland Police Bureau’s ability to learn from its mistakes—the bureau’s official response didn’t inspire much […]
by Jenny Westberg Keaton Otis was just 25 years old when he died on May 12, shot by police after a routine traffic stop in Northeast Portland. He was the third victim of a police shooting in Portland this year. In the latest tragedy, Officer Christopher Burley was wounded. Thankfully, he is expected to return […]
Here some of our suggestions to improve trust and respect between the Portland police and persons with a diagnosis of mental illness and / or addiction from over the past year. Testimony at City Council – November 2009 Op Ed in The Oregonian – November 2009 Take the police out of crisis intervention business – […]
Sam Adams, we have a very large problem on our hands. It’s a practical problem for me, for every medical professional in Portland, for leaders in the African American community, the Hispanic community, and the disabilities community in general. For the mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers and neighbors and employers and friends and […]
Oregon State Senate Bill 111, passed in 2007, in part requires each Oregon county to create a plan regarding the use of deadly force by police offices and sheriff’s deputies. Persons with mental illness and addiction, and their friends and family members are particularly concerned how police officers are trained to use deadly force, and […]
The following names were chalked onto the sidewalk outside the Portland Police Bureau’s Central Precinct and the Multnomah County Justice Center on September 16 2007 Andrew “A.J.” Hanlon, shot July 30, 2008, by a Silverton police officer after a confrontation on a residential street corner. Glenn Shipman, died Aug. 26, 2007, three days after Scappoose […]
From the Portland Tribune, September 4 2008 Portland’s City Council unanimously approved Wednesday morning one of the largest legal settlements in the city’s history, giving $350,000 to the family of a man shot and killed by a police officer in 2004. James Jahar Perez Jr.’s family will use the settlement to fund an annuity for […]
From the Oregonian, September 3, 2008. Not available elsewhere online. A $350,000 settlement has been tentatively reached between the city of Portland and the family of a man who was shot and killed by police in 2004. The proposed deal would end four years of litigation and provide payments into the future for the son […]
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