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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Nov. 21, 2013 Portland Police Officer Dane Reister, fired last month for mistakenly loading lethal buckshot into a beanbag shotgun and critically wounding a man two years ago, was never certified to carry the gun — one of a handful of officers who carried beanbag guns on patrol for years […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Oct. 16, 2013 Portland Police Chief Mike Reese has fired Officer Dane Reister, citing his unsatisfactory performance when he mistakenly fired lethal rounds from a beanbag shotgun, critically wounding a man in Southwest Portland on June 30, 2011. READ – MHAP’s response to shooting “This has been a long and […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, April 11, 2013 Portland Police Officer Dane Reister should lose his job for suddenly firing a beanbag shotgun that he mistakenly loaded with lethal rounds at a man obviously suffering from a mental illness, a federal lawsuit filed Thursday says. READ – Complaint – William Kyle Monroe v City of […]
From the Oregonian, July 3, 2012 A Multnomah County judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors can admit Officer Dane Reister‘s prior 2006 firearms mistake as evidence in his pending trial stemming from his June 30, 2011 shooting of William Monroe in Southwest Portland. But Judge Jean Kerr Maurer dismissed a negligent wounding charge that the district […]
From The Oregonian, May 17, 2010 A Portland police sergeant testified Thursday that he saw a similarity between Officer Dane Reister‘s mistaken firing of a lethal round from his beanbag shotgun in 2011 and a firearms mix-up Reister made years earlier during training. In both cases “a round was fired improperly out of a weapon,” […]
From The Oregonian, December 13, 2011 Portland Officer Dane Reister entered not guilty pleas during his arraignment this morning on third-degree and fourth-degree assault and negligent wounding charges in the June 30 shooting of William Kyle Monroe. A trial date was set for Feb. 1. The police bureau has removed Reister’s police powers – requiring […]
From the Oregonian, December 3, 2011 The attorney for William Kyle Monroe, who was shot this summer by a Portland officer who mistakenly loaded his beanbag shotgun with lethal ammunition, intends to sue the city and the officer for gross negligence, assault, false arrest and violation of Monroe’s civil rights. Monroe will be seeking $533,000 […]
From The Oregonian, November 19, 2011 A Multnomah County grand jury tonight voted to indict Portland Officer Dane Reister on third-degree assault and fourth-degree assault after he mistakenly loaded a beanbag shotgun with lethal shotgun rounds and seriously wounded a man in Southwest Portland on June 30. READ – Everything about the shooting of William […]
From the Oregonian, October 25, 2011 On the day the police commissioner and chief were subpoenaed to court to address what Officer Dane Reister’s attorney called the bureau’s “gross negligence” in the handling of beanbag shotguns and ammunition, police supervisors alerted officers Tuesday of a new safeguard the bureau adopted. Effective immediately, officers who are […]
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