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Judge holds first hearing on police compliance with reforms

October 24, 2015
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The Oregonian, Oct. 21, 2015 U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said he’s not interested in micro-managing a negotiated settlement between Portland and federal justice officials on police reforms. He also hopes that he won’t be called on to have to enforce any of its provisions. Yet he said he wants to remain familiar with […]

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Portland City Council should rebuild community trust by championing mental-health crisis center

November 1, 2014
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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 […]

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Shrugging Off Widespread Community Concerns, Council Pushes Forward with Police Reform Appeal

October 26, 2014
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From the Portland Mercury, October 22, 2014 As expected, the Portland City Council tonight has agreed to pursue a narrowly framed, but potentially troublesome appeal of the city’s police reform agreement with the US Department of Justice—casting aside advocates’ and lawyers’ insistent concerns that doing so would shatter their sense of trust in city hall. […]

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Hales, Fritz Want to “Clarify” Judge’s Demand for Annual Updates on Police Reform

October 24, 2014
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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 […]

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MHAP to City Council: Block the appeal of DOJ v City of Portland

October 21, 2014
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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 […]

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Mayor’s Office Confirms: Hales, Fritz Hope to “Clarify” Annual Court Hearings on Police Reform

October 17, 2014
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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 […]

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Which candidate should be COCL? Some say, “None of them!”

October 8, 2014
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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 […]

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Racist cops? Mental illness haters? Portland’s civil rights struggles get hashed out in U.K. publication

September 21, 2014
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The Guardian, Sept. 20, 2014 In early 2010, Portland police officers were dispatched to check on the welfare of a young African American man whose brother had died earlier that day. Aaron Campbell was at his girlfriend’s flat and was said to be distraught over the death of his brother, whom he had nursed before he […]

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Despite advocates’ objections, city forges ahead to hire fast, announcing three final COCL candidates

September 11, 2014
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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 […]

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Police accountability in a clip-on camera? Judge Simon thought it might help; Hales wants to make it happen

September 5, 2014
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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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