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By Denis Theriault, The Portland Mercury, Jan. 16, 2013 Twice a year since 2011, the Portland Police Bureau quietly posts the work of its Police Review Board (PRB)—the group of civilians, cops, and city officials who weigh the most serious misconduct cases facing officers and then tell the chief, if they agree a cop has […]
From the Portland Mercury, January 10, 2012 It’s tucked all the way at the end of the latest (and still unceremoniously quiet) release of Police Review Board reports: After a meeting last fall, the discipline panel — which reviews cases and advises Chief Mike Reese on punishment — overwhelmingly found every aspect of the May […]
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian Portland’s city auditor, Commissioner Randy Leonard and Police Chief Mike Reese want to allow an officer’s direct supervisor to be a voting member of a new Police Review Board that will examine an officers’ use of force and recommend discipline, although city-hired consultants have advised against […]
From the Portland Mercury, July 13, 2011 In a unanimous decision quietly posted this month to the Portland Police Bureau’s website, the city’s newly activated, five-member Police Review Board has decided against any sanctions for the officer who shot Jack Dale Collins, a mentally ill homeless man holding an X-Acto knife, outside Hoyt Arboretum last […]
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