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By Kari Bray, The Oregonian, Nov. 28, 2012 Forest Grove police are challenged by the time commitment for calls involving mentally ill individuals, officers told the city’s Public Safety Advisory Commission Wednesday morning. Police interaction with mentally ill citizens is a concern for cities across the country, Police Chief Janie Schutz said. However, the issue […]
By Chaya Grossberg, Assistant Director of Portland Hearing Voices, Nov. 27, 2012 I was at a Twelve Step meeting recently and heard several references to the “mentally ill.” One was a woman who said she had a mentally ill sister and that was one reason she didn’t like to have friends over as a kid. […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Nov. 28, 2012 Portland’s City Council Wednesday unanimously voted to extend a tax to all land-line phone service providers – an idea that Mayor Sam Adams pushed to raise millions of dollars a year for federally-mandated police reforms. The vote came amid protest from representatives of Century Link and Frontier, […]
PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU NEWS RELEASE Portland Police Bureau Two-Week Summary of Mental Health Calls Posted: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:26:16 PST The Portland Police Bureau continues to respond to a number of calls for service related to people struggling in a mental health crisis. This summary is a sampling of some of the types of […]
By Monica Davey, The New York Times, November 23, 2012 If there’s a crisis unfolding somewhere, it’s a good bet that the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. is on his way. Over the years, Mr. Jackson, 71, who has a fondness for staring into the lens of a television camera, has jetted to tense locales […]
By The Oregonian Editorial Board, November 24, 2012 Under legal pressure in recent years, several of America’s big pharmaceutical companies started publicly reporting the cash payments they make to medical researchers who deliver presentations to other doctors — a good thing. Better yet are federal mandates that will require all drugmakers do that and more […]
By David Clary, Associated Press, from The Oregonian, November 26, 2012 Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: To be a parent. A Kansas […]
From the Oregonian, November 21, 2012 Portland police officers are getting hurt during encounters with suspects because they doubt police brass, in light of a federal justice inquiry, will support them if they use the amount of force they deem appropriate, the police union president said. Officer Daryl Turner, who leads the Portland Police Association, […]
From the Willamette Week, Nov. 20, 2012 About 50 Portland Police Officers tossed their names in to serve on the bureau’s soon-to-be expanded Crisis Intervention Team, a police spokesman tells WW. Not long after the Department of Justice released its report finding PPB officers have a pattern and practice of using excessive force on those […]
Dear Portlander, In recent weeks City Council has heard from a few community members that they would like to see us improve on the psychological process that the Police Bureau utilizes to select its candidates. Currently, Community Police Officer candidates are screened on more than one occasion. First, candidates are required to take a personality […]
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