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Justice Department wants PPB to abolish controversial 48-hour rule, file use of force reports immediately

February 3, 2016
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Daily Journal, Feb. 3, 2016 The U.S. Department of Justice wants Portland police to require officers who use deadly force to file immediate accounts of what occurred in use of force reports. Justice Department lawyers are meeting next week with Multnomah County prosecutors and Portland city attorneys to try to get them on board. Assistant […]

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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

Reaction to City Auditor’s memo on police review is mixed

October 30, 2013
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Oct. 29, 2013 Reaction was mixed Tuesday, a day after Portland’s city auditor sent a blistering memo to the mayor and city council members identifying “alarming lapses” in police accountability by top police command staff. READ – City Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade’s memo (PDF, 72KB) READ – MHAP’s written testimony before […]

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Hold the phone: Why is Multnomah County funding two crisis lines?

September 5, 2013
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By Dirk VanderHart, The Portland Mercury, Sept. 4, 2013 When local nonprofit Lines for Life persuaded Portland City Council a year ago to dole out $150,000 for expanded suicide hotline services, some in the mental-health community had concerns. Wouldn’t the organization increasingly be in competition with Multnomah County’s existing crisis call center? Why do we […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/affordable-care-act/" rel="tag">Affordable Care Act</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/crisis-line/" rel="tag">Crisis Line</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/deborah-kafoury/" rel="tag">Deborah Kafoury</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/jason-renaud/" rel="tag">Jason Renaud</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/jeff-cogen/" rel="tag">Jeff Cogen</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/joanne-fuller/" rel="tag">Joanne Fuller</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/judy-shiprack/" rel="tag">Judy Shiprack</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/lines-for-life/" rel="tag">Lines for Life</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/lon-getlin/" rel="tag">Lon Getlin</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/mental-health-association-of-portland/" rel="tag">Mental Health Association of Portland</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/multnomah-county/" rel="tag">Multnomah County</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/multnomah-county-board-of-commissioners/" rel="tag">Multnomah County Board of Commissioners</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-city-council/" rel="tag">Portland City Council</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/steve-novick/" rel="tag">Steve Novick</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/suicide/" rel="tag">Suicide</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/tom-parker/" rel="tag">Tom Parker</a> Leave a comment

Mayor changes course, opens city pocketbook to pay for CATC

May 17, 2013
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, May 16, 2013 Portland Mayor Charlie Hales announced Thursday that the city will not cut its share of funding for the Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center, as he had set out to do in his proposed budget. “We are gratified that people having serious mental health issues will continue to […]

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Portland police reforms delayed further as judge allows union to join settlement talks

February 27, 2013
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Feb. 19, 2013 A judge on Feb. 19 directed everyone to the table — city and federal negotiators and now the Portland police union and a community coalition — to iron out differences in proposed reforms to address a scathing critique that police use too much force against people who […]

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Portland Police will continue drafting new policies while state panel decides role of police union

February 22, 2013
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Feb. 22, 2013 The Portland Police Bureau is pressing ahead with drafting new written policies on use of force and Taser use as the city and union await a decision by a state panel on whether the changes must be negotiated with the officers’ union. This week, a federal judge […]

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Police reforms delayed further as judge allows union to join settlement talks

February 20, 2013
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Feb. 19, 2013 A judge Tuesday directed everyone to the table — city and federal negotiators and now the Portland police union and a community coalition — to iron out differences in proposed reforms to address a scathing critique that police use too much force against people who suffer from […]

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Mediation ordered in dispute over amending DOJ settlement agreement

February 19, 2013
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Feb. 19, 2013 A federal judge Tuesday directed the city of Portland, federal justice officials, the Portland police union and an Albina Ministerial Alliance coalition to go before a mediator to iron out a potential amended settlement agreement on police reforms. U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon Tuesday granted the […]

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Federal court judge wants public input on Portland-federal justice agreement on police reforms

December 21, 2012
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Dec. 21, 2012 U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon said Friday he will allow public testimony at a “fairness hearing” the court will hold next year on the negotiated settlement that the city of Portland reached with federal justice officials on police reforms. Simon described his objective in holding such […]

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