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Tag: Liesbeth Gerritsen

Are police the solution, or not?

April 19, 2010
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The Portland Police Bureau has evidently started a pilot project that will place a mental health worker in a day-shift patrol car. The size, scale, the individuals involved, the budget, the data to be collected, the desired outcomes, the duration, are all unknown. The speaker in the video is Crisis Intervention Training coordinator Liesbeth Gerritson. […]

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Posted in <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> Tagged <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/amanda-fritz/" rel="tag">Amanda Fritz</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/dan-saltzman/" rel="tag">Dan Saltzman</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/liesbeth-gerritsen/" rel="tag">Liesbeth Gerritsen</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police/" rel="tag">Portland Police</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/rosie-sizer/" rel="tag">Rosie Sizer</a> Leave a comment

Portland Police Bureau: policy changes prompted by Chasse’s death

September 23, 2009
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This list of policy changes, a timeline of events, and a press release was distributed to the media on September 23 2009 in lieu of a direct response to the request by the Mental Health Association of Portland for release of the internal investigation of what happened to James Chasse, made on September 17 2009. […]

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Posted in <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> Tagged <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/crisis-intervention-team/" rel="tag">Crisis Intervention Team</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/james-chasse/" rel="tag">James Chasse</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/liesbeth-gerritsen/" rel="tag">Liesbeth Gerritsen</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police/" rel="tag">Portland Police</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/project-respond/" rel="tag">Project Respond</a> Leave a comment

Director of Crisis Intervention Training Speaks

February 7, 2009
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From the Portland Mercury, February 5 2009 The director of the Portland Police Bureau’s Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) program, Liesbeth Gerritson, spoke out publicly for the first time last night about the program’s curriculum and its chances of success, at a talk sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) at Emanuel Hospital. Gerritson, […]

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Posted in <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> Tagged <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/christopher-humphreys/" rel="tag">Christopher Humphreys</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/crisis-intervention-team/" rel="tag">Crisis Intervention Team</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/james-chasse/" rel="tag">James Chasse</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/liesbeth-gerritsen/" rel="tag">Liesbeth Gerritsen</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police/" rel="tag">Portland Police</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/project-respond/" rel="tag">Project Respond</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/tom-potter/" rel="tag">Tom Potter</a> Leave a comment

Trainings improve, but obstacles remain for mentally ill

October 4, 2008
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From Street Roots, September 19 2008 If anything has become clear in the two years following the beating death of James Chasse by the hands of Portland police, it is that police officers need to know what to do when responding to a situation involving someone with a mental illness. Soon after Chasse’s death, Mayor […]

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Posted in <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> Tagged <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/cascadia/" rel="tag">Cascadia</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/christopher-humphreys/" rel="tag">Christopher Humphreys</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/crisis-intervention-team/" rel="tag">Crisis Intervention Team</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/greg-borders/" rel="tag">Greg Borders</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/hooper-detox/" rel="tag">Hooper Detox</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/james-chasse/" rel="tag">James Chasse</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/liesbeth-gerritsen/" rel="tag">Liesbeth Gerritsen</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/lynnae-berg/" rel="tag">Lynnae Berg</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police/" rel="tag">Portland Police</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/project-respond/" rel="tag">Project Respond</a> 5 Comments

Crisis training takes some cues from Memphis

September 11, 2008
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From the Portland Tribune, September 11 2008 In Memphis, as in Portland, change started with a death. In Portland, two years ago, the death of 42-year-old schizophrenic James Chasse Jr. at the hands of Portland police prompted public outcry for change in the way officers here deal with people suffering mental illness. In Memphis, Tenn., […]

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Posted in <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> Tagged <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/crisis-intervention-training/" rel="tag">crisis intervention training</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/james-chasse/" rel="tag">James Chasse</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/jason-renaud/" rel="tag">Jason Renaud</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/julie-franz/" rel="tag">Julie Franz</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/liesbeth-gerritsen/" rel="tag">Liesbeth Gerritsen</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police/" rel="tag">Portland Police</a> Leave a comment

Portland Police Bureau crisis training takes some cues from Memphis

September 11, 2008
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From the Portland Tribune, September 11, 2008 Portland program requires all street cops to be taught intervention techniques In Memphis, as in Portland, change started with a death. In Portland, two years ago, the death of 42-year-old schizophrenic James Chasse Jr. at the hands of Portland police prompted public outcry for change in the way […]

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Posted in <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> Tagged <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/crisis-intervention-team/" rel="tag">Crisis Intervention Team</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/james-chasse/" rel="tag">James Chasse</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/jason-renaud/" rel="tag">Jason Renaud</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/julie-franz/" rel="tag">Julie Franz</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/liesbeth-gerritsen/" rel="tag">Liesbeth Gerritsen</a>, <a href="http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police-bureau/" rel="tag">Portland Police Bureau</a> Leave a comment

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