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The World, Sept. 15, 2014 It’s been helping find work for people with mental illness since 2004, when it contracted with the Coos County Mental Health Department. Working Wonders is one of 26 Oregon Supported Employment Centers for Excellence. One of the top OSECEs in the state, it has about 50 clients who battle mental […]
The Oregonian, Sept. 10, 2014 Portland officers who are members of the bureau’s Behavioral Health Unit and Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team will be wearing special pins on their uniforms to help identify them. The Behavioral Health Unit consists of a lieutenant, sergeant, program manager, five officers, an analyst, and three clinicians. There are now 78 […]
Conor Cusack on Twitter, Sept. 10, 2014 In remembrance of those we have lost to suicide #SuicideAwarenessDay & love to those suffering in darkness & silence pic.twitter.com/8u4mDKCOBk
KOBI-TV 5 Medford, Sept. 13, 2014 Dozens of people gathered together in downtown Medford Saturday for March 4 Hope. An event to raise awareness for mental illness. Mental illness affects the lives of 60 million Americans, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. President for Southern Oregon’s National Alliance on Mental Illness, Patricia Garoutte, […]
KTVL.com, Sept. 12, 2014 A grand jury decided police officers were fully justified in shooting a Medford man on August 24, 2014. Jackson County’s District Attorney laid out more details of the deadly officer-involved shooting during a news conference Thursday. At about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 24, Stephen McMilon died after being shot by […]
In response to the media meme that the FBI estimated there are only 400 deaths per year caused by US law enforcement officers, we checked and found 104 were killed in August 2014. We added another to the list today, the suicide of suburban Philadelphia police officer Mark Wells on August 29. Wells was not […]
From Israel Bayer, publisher of Street Roots, September 2014 The tragedy of the Michael Brown killing is rocking the nation. It should. For anyone living in an urban environment, especially people of color and the poor — the events of Michael Brown and the community response is not surprising. It’s hard to shift through all […]
The Skanner, Sept. 10, 2014 The City of Portland has announced three finalists for the position of Compliance Officer/Community Liaison to monitor the civil rights settlement between the city and the Department of Justice. Judge Michael Simon approved the settlement Aug. 29, with the requirement that the Compliance officer make an annual report to the […]
By Jason Renaud and Jenny Westberg, The Portland Mercury, Sept. 10, 2014 [Mercury] EDITOR’S NOTE: The following essay is a guest editorial co-written by two volunteers from the Mental Health Association of Portland—a respected local voice on mental health policy and police accountability—regarding their work on an important national project that strives to better track […]
Our response to the current COCL candidates To CITY COUNCIL, CITY AUDITOR and senior city hall staff. September 10, 2014 For over a decade advocates for people with mental illness have steadily watched one police reform effort after another launch grandly and flop summarily. The settlement in DOJ v. City of Portland has been, from […]
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