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REPORT OF THE 2011 MULTNOMAH COUNTY CORRECTIONS GRAND JURY: Conditions and Management of Correctional Facilities within Multnomah County October 2011 – December 2011 READ – Report of the 2011 Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury, in original PDF formatting STATUTORY BACKGROUND Pursuant to the Oregon Revised Statute 132.440, a Corrections Grand Jury convened on October 11, […]
Letter to the Editor, publishing in The Oregonian, May 9, 2011 Your May 2 editorial, “Swinging doors at the state hospital,” about proposed changes to Oregon’s system for handling mentally ill persons who commit crimes ignores the grave risks to community safety the proposed legislation presents. There is a substantial threat that this legislation, as […]
From the Oregonian, February 11, 2010 Though six Multnomah County grand jurors were unanimous in finding no criminal wrongdoing by the Portland officer who shot and killed an unarmed, suicidal man, they considered it a tragedy and questioned whether officers could have taken other steps to spare Aaron M. Campbell ‘s life. The grand jurors […]
In a three-page letter delivered to District Attorney Michael Schrunk, members of the grand jury in the Aaron Campbell police shooting case said that, although they did not return indictments against officers involved, “something went terribly, terribly wrong… Aaron Campbell should not have died that day.” “He was not accused of a crime,” the letter […]
February 10, 2010 Michael D. Schrunk District Attorney Multnomah County Courthouse 1021 SW 4th Avenue, Room 600 Portland, Oregon 97204 Dear Mr. Schrunk, We are Multnomah county Grand Jury 1, session 1. We began our service for Multnomah County on 1/12/10. Our service ended at 8:30 P. M. on 2/9/10, when we finished deliberation over […]
District Attorney Schrunk and colleagues, As is becoming an annual task, we’ve finished reviewing the Multnomah County Corrections Grand Jury Report (PDF). The Mental Health Association of Portland has advocated since 2003 for persons with mental illness, specifically for their rights and well-being. That in turns necessarily translates into a primary concern for the well […]
From the Oregonian, November 3 2009 In an excruciating budget year that has seen millions slashed from Multnomah County departments, the line in the sand has come to this: an $84,020 gap in the $1.3 million drug court budget. As they dealt with one of the biggest shortfalls in years this spring, Multnomah County commissioners […]
The Mental Health Association of Portland asks all persons concerned with civil society, with healthcare, with justice issues, and who care for the welfare of persons with mental illness, to join us on October 8 2009 and ask for the VOLUNTARY RESIGNATIONS of Portland police officers Kyle Nice, Christopher Humphreys and Bret Burton. All systems […]
Opinion Editorial by Michael Hopcroft, published in The Oregonian, September 13 2009 Michael Hopcroft is a board member of the Mental Health Association of Portland Protective order denies citizenry a full accounting Thursday marks the third anniversary of the death of James Chasse Jr. The brutal way he died in the custody of Portland police […]
From the KGW.com, May 5 2009 The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office has decided to decline a case against a Portland Police officer involved with the in-custody death of James Chasse. Officer Christopher Humphries (sic) helped pursue and tackle 42-year-old Chasse. Officers said he appeared to be urinating outdoors in Old Town on Sept. 17, […]
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