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By Dana Tims, The Oregonian, Friday, November 4, 2011 A Portland judge wrongfully dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Metzger teenager shot and killed by Washington County sheriff’s deputies in 2006, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously found that the […]
Editorial column by Steve Duin, published in the Oregonian, September 29, 2011 This article may not have anything directly to do with mental illness in the Portland Metro area, but we include it because of our continuing interest in police engagement with persons who have a diagnosis of mental illness, and in police accountability and […]
David Ernest Gildersleeve, 34. On 2/22/2001 was shot and apprehended in the 6700 block of Southwest Oleson Road in the Raleigh Hills neighborhood, just west of the Multnomah County line. Police say that about 1 p.m. Gildersleeve approached Mary R. Finzel, 49, of Oregon City, in the Franz Bakery parking lot at 8440 S.E. 45th […]
From The Oregonian, November 1, 2010 The second civil trial this year against a Washington County sheriff’s deputy ended in his favor: A federal jury decided that Deputy Glenn Howard did not use excessive force in killing Jordan Case, an unarmed Tualatin man, in 2006. “Obviously we’re pleased with the verdict,” said Bill Blair, an […]
From The Oregonian, July 26, 2010 When Mary Joanne Diershaw called 9-1-1 early in the morning of July 1, she wanted to die. Once online with a Washington County 9-1-1 operator, Diershaw said she planned to kill a girl. But the 50-year-old’s intention was suicide by cop. “I said something really stupid — that I […]
Woman shot by deputies identified, KATU.com, July 2, 2010 The Washington County Sheriff’s Office identified the woman who deputies shot and injured early Thursday morning as 50-year-old Mary Diershaw. Deputies say a woman called 9-1-1 at 2:31 a.m. threatening to kill someone, but it is not known who she was talking about. Deputies responding to […]
Police shoot, kill armed man From the Oregonian, May 17, 2007 Investigators are trying to sort out why a 53-year-old man shot at paramedics and then police before Washington County officers fatally wounded him Wednesday afternoon in a quiet suburban neighborhood. Authorities declined to release the name of the dead man, but neighbors on Hillsboro’s […]
Deputy shoots teen who brandished assault rifle From KATU.com, January 2, 2007 Police: Shot boy was suicidal From The Oregonian of Jan. 3, 2007 The 14-year-old pointed a semiautomatic rifle at a deputy, who opened fire, injuring him, Washington County officials say Washington County sheriff’s investigators say a 14-year-old boy who was shot by a […]
from The Oregonian, Tuesday, September 19, 2006 None of us on the outside knows enough to understand why Washington County Sheriff’s deputies killed 18-year-old Lukus Glenn outside his house early Saturday morning. By his family’s account, Glenn was drunk, despondent and destructive, smashing car windows outside their Garden Home area house. He brandished a knife, […]
from KGW.com, Monday, September 18, 2006 9-1-1 call from Hope Glenn to Washington County Dispatch on 9/16/06 at 0305 hours. The following is a partial transcript transcribed by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. DISPATCH: 911 what’s your emergency? HOPE GLENN: I need the cops to my house immediately, I have a son that is out […]
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