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Our opinion: Police accountability must start with new union contract

January 11, 2016
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By Jenny Westberg and Jason Renaud, in Street Roots, Jan. 7, 2016 Former Mayor Sam Adams wanted Ron Frashour fired. So did the current mayor, Charlie Hales. So did former Chief of Police Michael Reese. So did the city attorney. So did a majority of Portland city commissioners and most of Portland’s citizens. Frashour, you’ll […]

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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/aaron-campbell/" rel="tag">Aaron Campbell</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/excessive-force/" rel="tag">excessive force</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/police-shootings/" rel="tag">police shootings</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police-association/" rel="tag">Portland Police Association</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police-bureau/" rel="tag">Portland Police Bureau</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/ron-frashour/" rel="tag">Ron Frashour</a> 1 Comment

Testimony of Beckie Child to Portland City Council

October 28, 2014
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TESTIMONY of BECKIE CHILD to Portland City Council, October 29, 2014 in reference to Compliance Officer / Community Liaison contract for DOJ v City of Portland I’m Beckie Child, a mental health advocate and an adviser to the Mental Health Association of Portland. I was invited to participate in the selection of candidates for the […]

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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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Posted in <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/ama-coalition-for-justice-and-police-reform/" rel="tag">AMA Coalition for Justice and Police Reform</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/amanda-fritz/" rel="tag">Amanda Fritz</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/charlie-hales/" rel="tag">Charlie Hales</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/dan-saltzman/" rel="tag">Dan Saltzman</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/doj-v-city-of-portland/" rel="tag">DOJ v City of Portland</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/jason-renaud/" rel="tag">Jason Renaud</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/leroy-haynes/" rel="tag">LeRoy Haynes</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/michael-simon/" rel="tag">Michael Simon</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/nick-fish/" rel="tag">Nick Fish</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police-association/" rel="tag">Portland Police Association</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police-bureau/" rel="tag">Portland Police Bureau</a> Leave a comment

Judge approves settlement in DOJ v City of Portland, mandates annual reports on police reforms

August 30, 2014
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Portland Mercury, August 29, 2014 A federal judge this afternoon has decided to accept a proposed package of police reforms negotiated between the city, the US Department of Justice, the Portland Police Association and the Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform—setting in motion a rapid series of deadlines for putting the deal […]

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Portland Police Reform and a Pair of Missed Milestones

June 5, 2014
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From the Portland Mercury, June 4, 2014 By now, based on the wishful thinking of the past few months, Portland City Hall ought to have marked a pair of major and incredibly consequential police reform milestones. A much-contested reform deal between the city, the Portland Police Association, and the US Department of Justice—calling for new […]

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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/amanda-fritz/" rel="tag">Amanda Fritz</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/city-of-portland/" rel="tag">City of Portland</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/doj-v-city-of-portland/" rel="tag">DOJ v City of Portland</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/jason-renaud/" rel="tag">Jason Renaud</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/michael-simon/" rel="tag">Michael Simon</a>, <a href="https://www.mentalhealthportland.org/tag/portland-police-association/" rel="tag">Portland Police Association</a> Leave a comment

It’s been more than 4 years since Keaton Otis was shot by police, but many still remember the 25-year-old

March 27, 2014
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Daily KOS, March 27, 2014 In May it will be four years since 25-year-old African-American Keaton Otis was killed by Portland police in a frenzy of 32 shots in seven seconds… recorded on the iPhone of a witness. He was shot by officers of the Hotspot Enforcement Action Team — HEAT — on the day […]

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Police union prexy expresses outrage at ‘bashing’ received at Fairness Hearing

February 24, 2014
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The Portland Mercury, Feb 21, 2014 Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner sat through most of this week’s day-and-a-half-long “fairness hearing” on federal police reform in Portland, keeping quiet while some five dozen speakers went before US District Court Judge Michael Simon—many of them begging the judge to reject a reform plan many believe is […]

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‘Broken promises’ at Fairness Hearing

February 19, 2014
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The Portland Mercury, Feb. 19, 2014 It was billed as a signature piece of a proposed legal settlement meant to answer federal accusations that Portland police officers engage “in a pattern or practice” of using excessive force against people in mental-health crisis. READ – Our spoken testimony at the Fairness Hearing READ – Our written testimony […]

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Community urged to speak out on DOJ Settlement Agreement

January 22, 2014
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Disability Rights Oregon, Jan. 17, 2014 In 2012, the US DOJ found a “pattern or practice of excessive force by the Portland Police Bureau against people with, or perceived to be with, mental illness.” Now the community needs to speak out at a “Fairness Hearing” on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 9 a.m., 1000 SW […]

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Newly released documents show fired cop carried beanbag shotgun for years without proper training

November 22, 2013
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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Nov. 21, 2013 Portland Police Officer Dane Reister, fired last month for mistakenly loading lethal buckshot into a beanbag shotgun and critically wounding a man two years ago, was never certified to carry the gun — one of a handful of officers who carried beanbag guns on patrol for years […]

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