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Come to the Iron Tribe Non-Profit Eatery Grand Opening, Saturday, Nov. 3

October 31, 2012
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To All Friends and Supporters of Iron Tribe: We know we are inviting everyone on short notice, but we ask that you make a post-Halloween effort to come and enjoy some of the best food in Clackamas. The Grand Opening of our Non-Profit Eatery is: Saturday, Nov. 3, 10am to 4pm, 16641 SE 82nd Drive, […]

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Feds’ Deal with Cops Hits Taser Policies, Mental Health Training

October 31, 2012
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From the Portland Mercury, October 31, 2012 Building on last month’s federal report that blasted Portland cops’ use of unconstitutional force against the mentally ill, the US Department of Justice and city officials last Friday, October 26, reached accord on a “watershed” set of reforms bearing big promises—but even bigger questions. The agreement aims to […]

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MI bank robber gets his wish: long prison sentence over PSRB

October 31, 2012
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From the Eugene Register-Guard, October 30, 2012 A 48-year-old man with a long history of mental illness was sentenced Monday to more than 12½ years in federal prison — as he had requested — for robbing a Eugene bank hours after his release from state prison in January. Adam Parrish Ashe asked U.S. District Judge […]

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MHAP’s response to Portland’s settlement with the DOJ

October 29, 2012
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READ – DOJ – City of Portland Settlement, to be voted on by Portland City Council 11/1/12, 2 PM READ – Proposed city ordinance accepting settlement with DOJ To Thomas Perez, U.S. Department of Justice: The settlement offer distributed on October 27 may resolve differences between the city of Portland and the federal government, but […]

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Playing now in Portland: The House I Live In

October 28, 2012
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40 Years, $1 Trillion, 45 Million Arrests: This is the War on Drugs. LEARN – The House I Live In, official web site REVIEWS – from the New York Times, National Public Radio, the Economist, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Sun Times, Washington Post, Oregonian. Showtimes in Portland

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How many Klamath County Mental Health clients are left caught under the wheel?

October 28, 2012
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By Teresa Rennick, Guest writer From the Klamath Falls Herald and News, October 28, 2012 Teresa Rennick taught at Oregon Institute of Technology and at the Oregon Health & Science University at OIT in the Nursing Department for 25 years. She worked at Klamath County Mental Health as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner for […]

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Friday Night Flicks: Reefer Madness

October 26, 2012
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Feds, City of Portland reach settlement agreement on police reforms

October 26, 2012
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READ – Settlement Agreement (PDF download- 170KB) WATCH – Press conference Portland mayor, chief, and Oregon U.S. Attorney announce settlement on Portland police reforms By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Oct. 26, 2010 Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Police Chief Mike Reese stood with U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall Friday afternoon in City Hall to announce a […]

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Portland police psychologist contract extended repeatedly, with little competition or debate

October 23, 2012
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Oct. 23, 2012 For 13 years, the city of Portland has awarded a Lake Oswego man a contract to conduct psychological exams of prospective Portland police hires and to gauge whether officers who have been involved in shootings and other major events are fit to return to duty. With little […]

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Shortage of mental health workers in Eastern Oregon

October 23, 2012
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From the East Oregonian, October 20, 2012 Sharyn Smith calls herself an extreme parent. She quit her in-home childcare job in 2008 to raise her own son, Adam, then 4, whose behavior was so erratic she couldn’t even take him to the library. She and her husband Dan Smith had tried for a year and […]

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