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By Paul Boden, for Street Roots, March 1, 2012 The Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) and the USA-Canada Alliance of Inhabitants (USACAI) are calling on our members and allies throughout the United States and Canada to join us on April 1 for a bi-national day of action against the ongoing criminalization of poor and homeless […]
On Friday, three people described as ‘suffering from mental health issues’ died tragic deaths. The information below is from the Saturday, November 5, 2011 Oregonian. Police say a suspicious death in Northwest Portland was self-inflicted A woman died of multiple self-inflicted stab wounds Friday afternoon, Portland police said. Marcia Hamann, 66, was […]
Here’s the October 2011 edition of Eyes & Ears, a mental health consumer run newsletter for consumers, their friends & family and mental health professionals. Download and read the October 2011 issue at: Online Reading Version of Eyes & Ears – with links Full article version of Eyes & Ears – for printing Contact the […]
From the Medford Mail Tribune, October 14, 2011 A Phoenix man’s relatives and residents of a Medford mobile home park are baffled by his sudden death as police were subduing him The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing the death of Scott Joseph Carlson, 50, who alarmed residents of a Medford mobile home park […]
By The Oregonian Editorial Board, Monday, October 10, 2011 Four months ago, the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division announced that it was examining whether there was a “pattern or practice” of Portland police using excessive force, particularly against the mentally ill. The investigation was billed as a “remarkable opportunity,” a dialogue and collaboration. […]
From the Medford Tribune, May 2, 2011 The Medford Police Department is attempting to deal with an alarming spike in the number of mentally ill people coming in contact with police on an almost daily basis. The increase in protective holds police are placing on mentally ill suspects comes as overall crime numbers have risen […]
From the East Oregonian, November 14, 2010 Most of us get only quick glimpses of Pendleton’s hardcore homeless. We see them walking around town, overloaded with backpacks and rumpled from sleeping in shrubbery or on flop house floors. We wince as they fish bottles out of trash cans or mumble to themselves. The transient population […]
Run on Morning Edition, May 21 2009 LISTEN – Training Police To Handle Mental Illness Cases In 1987, a Memphis, Tenn., police officer shot and killed a mentally ill man who was cutting himself and threatening others. The incident inspired training programs to help police handle these tricky situations. Those programs are catching on. Confronting […]
Oregon State Senate Bill 111, passed in 2007, in part requires each Oregon county to create a plan regarding the use of deadly force by police offices and sheriff’s deputies. Persons with mental illness and addiction, and their friends and family members are particularly concerned how police officers are trained to use deadly force, and […]
Opinion editorial from the Daily Astorian, September 12 2008 Shabby patchwork of safety nets makes law officers and counselors intervenors Last week’s horrific deadly attacks in Skagit County, Wash., are a prime example of how America fails to help many mentally ill people while also protecting society from the rare few who are truly dangerous. […]
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