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Officers shoot, kill man with gun outside Good Samaritan Hospital KOIN.com, November 6, 2015 – Officers shot and killed a 51-year-old man in the parking lot outside Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Northwest Portland early Friday morning after officers say he fired several shots. None of the involved officers was injured in the incident. Police […]
Portland Tribune, Aug. 20, 2015 City, county and social service leaders announced new initiatives to better help those most in need in Portland on Thursday. The initiatives include a High-Intensity Street Engagement effort between the city of Portland and Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare to focus housing placement and retention efforts, including culturally specific wraparound services, for […]
From the Oregonian, October 31, 2014 The word “trust” kept coming up in a Portland City Council hearing last week, but none of the commissioners should feel flattered. Speaker after speaker addressed the city council, pleading with them not to appeal a federal judge’s authority over the city’s police-reforms settlement. For too long, they said, the […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 22, 2014 The legal drama over police reform in Portland—seemingly put to rest in August, when a federal judge finally approved the city’s nearly two-year-old settlement agreement with the US Department of Justice—has been revived. On Wednesday, October 22, Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Amanda Fritz will ask their colleagues […]
Today Portland’s City Council will consider filing an appeal to DOJ v City of Portland, the long simmering lawsuit which in 2011 found the Portland Police Bureau has a “pattern and practice” of harming persons in a mental health crisis. City Attorney Ellen Osoinach wants to amend the decision of Federal Judge Michael Simon, who […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 17, 2014 The legal drama over police reform in Portland isn’t quite over yet. Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Amanda Fritz are going to ask their colleagues to consider pushing back at one of the more contentious elements of a federal judge’s decision to accept a package of police reforms […]
Portland Tribune, Oct. 14, 2014 Charlie Hales made reforming the Portland Police Bureau one of his top priorities when he ran for mayor. He repeatedly said officer must improve their relationship with minority communities and reduce its use of excessive force, especially during confrontations with the mentally ill. Now, less than two years into his […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 7, 2014 Most people who follow police issues in Portland had a pretty good sense Police Chief Mike Reese would be ready to hand over the reins once a federal judge approved a long-awaited police reform settlement between the city and the US Department of Justice. But that’s not to […]
The Skanner, Sept. 30, 2014 When Judge Michael Simon approved Portland’s Settlement agreement with the Department of Justice, the city agreed to hire a Community Liaison/Compliance Officer to oversee progress and report back to the report. Now, for the next 30 days, the city is asking the public to comment on the three candidates under […]
The Oregonian, Sept. 4, 2014 Days after a federal judge reiterated his wish for Portland police to wear body cameras, the mayor wants the bureau to buy the new equipment and have most uniformed officers wearing the small cameras in less than a year. “We’re on his side on this one,” said Dana Haynes, spokesman for […]
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