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Month: January 2016

What happened to Chris Kalonji

January 30, 2016
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| Police violence

KNOWN FACTS – Chris Kalonji was shot and killed by a Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputy on January 28, 2016. He was 19, a person of color and a persons with mental illness. Parents say son killed in Oak Grove SWAT standoff was a ‘bright boy’ in ‘mental crisis’ KPTV.com February 5, 2016 The family of […]

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No room at Oregon State Hospital means long seclusion for people with mental illness

January 28, 2016
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Curry County Pilot January 26, 2016 Patients being assessed for their mental health can be held up to five days — not 30 — in Curry General Hospital’s “hold room,” but must be transported somewhere else when that time is up. The consensus isn’t the greatest, but it’s a start, agreed law enforcement, hospital officials, […]

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Upcoming Political Events – 2016

January 27, 2016
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The Oregon primary election is May 17, 2016. The Mental Health Association of Portland will host two separate events to inform the public about political candidates and their positions. The organization does not endorse candidates or initiatives. The first event is March 10 at 6:30 PM at Maranatha Church in Northeast Portland. It will be […]

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Police should not assume every encounter with a person in distress will end in violence, says report

January 26, 2016
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The OIR Group’s conclusion that police should not act as automatic suicide dispensers is exactly what the Mental Health Association of Portland has been saying for years (see, for example, our op-ed on the killing of Brad Morgan – the same case cited in the report – “Portland police and another tragic death,” Feb. 8, […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/law-enforcement/" rel="category tag">Law Enforcement</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/brad-morgan/" rel="tag">Brad Morgan</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/larry-odea/" rel="tag">Larry O'Dea</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/oir-group/" rel="tag">OIR Group</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/oir-report/" rel="tag">OIR Report</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-city-council/" rel="tag">Portland City Council</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police-bureau/" rel="tag">Portland Police Bureau</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/suicide-by-cop/" rel="tag">suicide by cop</a> Leave a comment

Public Psychiatrists Needed

January 26, 2016
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The Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has an outstanding opportunity for a Board Eligible or Board Certified psychiatrist. OHSU’s Department of Psychiatry, in partnership with other major Oregon health systems, is opening a new 100+ bed psychiatric hospital and 75-bed psychiatric emergency service in Portland, Oregon. We are implementing a […]

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Quiz: Are you taking good care of yourself?

January 25, 2016
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How are you doing at taking care of yourself? This self-care quiz, which comes from the Academic Success Center at Oregon State University, can help give you answers. If you find it helpful, you might want to take it every day or every week. The quiz is reproduced below, or you can download it here: […]

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Homeless women, once a rarity, now represent 40 percent of people on streets

January 25, 2016
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The Oregonian, Jan. 24, 2016 On the semi-mean streets of Portland, nobody messes with Jennifer Candido. They wouldn’t dare. Even in the halls of a day shelter for homeless women, a safe place, Candido carries herself with the swagger and attitude of a prizefighter entering the ring – chin up, back straight, jaw set. “They […]

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Portland commanders shouldn’t presume deadly force is ‘inevitable’ in encounters with distressed people who provoke police, consultants say

January 25, 2016
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Oregonian, January 25, 2016 Police commanders shouldn’t be quick to conclude that deadly force is inevitable when someone under extreme emotional distress is intent on provoking a violent response by police, outside consultants caution. Simply because a subject in crisis desires a certain outcome, it “does not mean that skillfully trained and well-equipped officers should […]

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Serenity Lane to open new facility, doubling its treatment capacity

January 24, 2016
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The Register-Guard, Jan. 24, 2016 Grand Opening When: Serenity Lane’s ribbon cutting is at 10:30 a.m. March 11; tours that day run until 2:30 p.m.; a general open house is from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 12; patients move in March 14 Where: 91350 Industrial Way, Coburg Group tours: For a tour before then, […]

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Portland Auditor releases external review of 11 police officer-involved shootings

January 21, 2016
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PRESS RELEASE READ – Report to the City of Portland on Portland Police Bureau Officer-Involved Shootings and In-Custody Deaths (OIR Group – fourth report, January 2016) Outside experts hired by the City Auditor evaluated 11 internal investigations of Portland Police shootings and identified several themes that warrant further attention by City Council and management, according […]

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