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By Jenny Westberg and Jason Renaud, in Street Roots, Jan. 7, 2016 Former Mayor Sam Adams wanted Ron Frashour fired. So did the current mayor, Charlie Hales. So did former Chief of Police Michael Reese. So did the city attorney. So did a majority of Portland city commissioners and most of Portland’s citizens. Frashour, you’ll […]
Portland Mercury, August 13, 2014 Police commanders reviewing the chaotic aftermath of a homeless camp sweep beneath the Morrison Bridge last October all agreed on one thing: Officer Todd Engstrom made a mistake. By suddenly grabbing a camper’s dog—which had been running loose, but not menacing anyone—Engstrom turned an already tense confrontation into something violent. […]
By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, Oct. 2, 2013 Will Aitchison, the longtime (and now retired) attorney for the Portland Police Association (PPA), was known for many things over the decades he spent defending his client in contract talks, court fights, government hearings, and arbitration cases. He’s sharp-tongued. He’s deft with explanations. He’s disarmingly charming. […]
Officer-involved shooting takes man’s life at Adventist Medical Center By Alastair Jamieson, NBC News, Feb. 18, 2013 An “officer-involved shooting investigation” has been launched after a suspected gunman’s death at a Portland, Ore., hospital. Officers were called to the Adventist Medical Center in south-east Portland at 9:30 p.m. Sunday local time (0:30 a.m. ET Monday) following […]
By Denis Theriault, The Portland Mercury, Jan. 16, 2013 The thought was hard to escape. If life had gone just a little bit differently—if the feds had waited to crack down on Portland cops for years of rough treatment of the mentally ill, if Occupy Portland hadn’t sprouted right when it did in 2011, if […]
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 […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, September 25, 2012 About 30 community members gathered outside Portland City Hall on Tuesday to condemn a state board’s ruling that orders the city to reinstate fired police Officer Ron Frashour. Attorney Tom Steenson, representing the family of Aaron Campbell — the unarmed man Frashour fatally shot in the back […]
From PortlandOnline.com, September 24, 2012 Dear Portlander: In April, I told you that I believe that Officer Ron Frashour violated our policy and training protocols regarding allowed use of deadly force in the case of Aaron Campbell. I further explained that in our City Attorney’s opinion, we had sufficient legal grounds to challenge the reinstatement of […]
On Friday, March 30th, State Arbitrator Jane R. Wilkinson ruled that Officer Ron Frashour should be reinstated, with back pay, after he was fired for shooting Aaron Campbell in the back, despite the fact that Mr. Campbell was unarmed. The Links below will take you to the appropriate sections of this posting, including local media […]
by Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, Wed., Mar 7, 2012 Today’s city council meeting was a big one for Police Chief Mike Reese and Mayor Sam Adams. While an official vote will wait another week, city commissioners today blessed the Police Bureau’s plan for a long-sought training facility — heaping praise on the chief for delivering a […]
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