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The Portland Mercury, Feb 21, 2014 Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner sat through most of this week’s day-and-a-half-long “fairness hearing” on federal police reform in Portland, keeping quiet while some five dozen speakers went before US District Court Judge Michael Simon—many of them begging the judge to reject a reform plan many believe is […]
The Portland Mercury, Feb. 19, 2014 It was billed as a signature piece of a proposed legal settlement meant to answer federal accusations that Portland police officers engage “in a pattern or practice” of using excessive force against people in mental-health crisis. READ – Our spoken testimony at the Fairness Hearing READ – Our written testimony […]
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 […]
From the Seattle Weekly, September 24, 2013 UPDATE: Alien Boy won this festival on October 3. Just as the Seahawks draw fans from as far away as Anchorage and Missoula and Boise and even (gasp!) Portland, the Local Sightings Film Festival has become a regional showcase for cinema from the greater Northwest. Now in its […]
By Sara Hottman, The Oregonian, July 29, 2013 For decades, the sidewalk outside Portland City Hall has been home to a rotating population of protesters who push the limits of the city’s 32-year-old camping ban. Homeless campers stay for weeks or months to protest war, homelessness policies or the anti-camping law itself. Last week, in […]
By Steve Duin, The Oregonian, May 6, 2013 In chopping CATC — the Crisis Assessment Treatment Center — off at the knees, Mayor Charlie Hales is only looking to finish what the Portland police started. What remains to be seen is whether the cops’ stubbornness about the mental health facility is driving (a) the city’s […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, April 30, 2013 The city of Portland will pay $2.3 million to settle a federal lawsuit filed after Police Officer Dane Reister wounded William Kyle Monroe in 2011 when he mistakenly fired lethal rounds at him from a beanbag shotgun. The proposed settlement was reached after city attorneys and Monroe’s […]
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 Lund Report, March 15, 2013 The DOJ settlement with the city of Portland requires coordinated care organizations to set up mental health drop-off centers by July, but it’s unclear how they were singled out in the agreement Last December’s settlement between the Department of Justice and the city of Portland tasked the city […]
By Brian Lindstrom, in the Portland Tribune, Feb. 21, 2013 As parents of a 7- and an 8-year-old, my wife Cheryl Strayed and I often discuss what we hope to impart to our children. At the top of that list is resilience, which I define not only as the ability to persevere despite obstacles but […]
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