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Judge approves settlement in DOJ v City of Portland, mandates annual reports on police reforms

August 30, 2014
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Portland Mercury, August 29, 2014 A federal judge this afternoon has decided to accept a proposed package of police reforms negotiated between the city, the US Department of Justice, the Portland Police Association and the Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform—setting in motion a rapid series of deadlines for putting the deal […]

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Clackamas County to train 500 adults in Youth Mental Health First Aid

August 30, 2014
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Portland Tribune, August 27, 2014Quick. What do you do? Your sister is cooking and cuts a deep gouge in her arm on accident. If you’re like many people, you’ve been trained in First Aid: You assess the situation, get someone to call for professional help and start patching her up with a nearby kit as […]

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What happened to Amanda Gatewood

August 29, 2014
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Amanda Lynn Gatewood, 44, was shot and critically injured by a Springfield police officer (unidentified at this writing) Thursday, August 28, 2014, after a car chase ended by spike strips at a Chevron station, and Gatewood pointed a pellet gun at police.  The stories, images and video below represent, as close to comprehensively as possible, […]

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Rosemont Treatment Center closes its doors, ending over 100 years of help for teenage girls

August 29, 2014
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The Oregonian, August 27, 2014 A Southeast Portland school that has housed and taught troubled teenage girls since 1902 has closed its doors. Rosemont Treatment Center, a 27-bed facility that provides mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment and schooling is terminating its contract with Oregon Youth Authority and the Department of Human Services due to a chronic […]

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Free Screening of Anonymous People

August 28, 2014
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It’s National Recovery Month! Let’s get together and celebrate! Free Screening of Anonymous People, a documentary about people in successful recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction. Cinema 21 – 616 NW 21st Avenue, 7 PM, September 23.

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What happened to Stephen McMilon

August 26, 2014
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Stephen McMilon, 52, was shot and killed Sunday, August 24, 2014,  by Medford Police Officers Salvador Garcia and Stephen Meador.  This post represents, to the extent possible, all media reports, pictures, and video on the shooting. One dead in officer-involved shooting KDRV.com, August 24, 2014 One man is dead following an officer involved shooting on […]

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Legal marijuana supporters release first TV commercial

August 22, 2014
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The following article is presented as news relevant to the mental health community, but please note the video is a political advertisement.  We are posting it because it features Richard Harris, the former head of addictions and mental health for the Oregon Health Authority.  This posting should not be taken as indicative of MHAP’s position […]

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Fired Hillsboro cop’s rude behavior due to ADHD not a disability according to ADA, appeals panel rules

August 20, 2014
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The Oregonian, August 18, 2014 The city of Hillsboro did not violate federal disability law when it fired a police sergeant who claimed his rude behavior stemmed from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a federal appeals panel decided. In a 2-1 ruling issued Friday, a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel overturned a 2012 jury decision, […]

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FBI data show police committed 410 “justifiable homicides” in 2012, but only a fraction of agencies report

August 20, 2014
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KTVZ.com, August 18, 2014 After an unarmed Missouri teenager was shot and killed by a police officer, the question now is: Was the officer justified in killing Michael Brown? “This is the universal code for I surrender,” said Michael Brown’s cousin Eric Davis while on his knees and holding up his hands.  “I can hear […]

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Comparison to ‘Demons’ again – LTE to The Columbian

August 17, 2014
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Editors. Your opinion piece “Jayne: Mental illness knows no social, economic boundaries” in your August 17, 2014 edition of The Columbian is a disservice to our community and adds to the stigma of mental illness – ironically the subject of the article. Mental illness is not caused by demons and it’s symptoms should not be […]

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