Timothy Grant – Mental Health PDX

OIR Group report says Portland police have not learned from mistakes

July 11, 2013

By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, July 10, 2013 A new outside audit of six Portland police shootings and one death in custody highlights a series of problems that continue to plague officers’ use of deadly force and the bureau’s internal reviews. READ – OIR Group Report 2 – Police Shootings and In Custody Deaths – […]

Portland may argue Chasse’s death resulted from a state of Excited Delirium

November 18, 2009

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From The Oregonian, November 18, 2009 The City of Portland has filed expert testimony that indicates they’ll be arguing that a component of James P. Chasse Jr.’s death in police custody was due to “excited delirium,” a clue to the direction of the city’s defense as it prepares for trial. The case’s federal court docket […]

Autopsy: Cocaine, not Taser, killed man

March 25, 2006

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From The Oregonian, March 25, 2006 – not available online Timothy W. Grant died from a cocaine overdose and not from the two Taser stun gun shocks that a Portland officer applied Monday, the Oregon state medical examiner announced Friday. Dr. Karen Gunson said she found a very high level of cocaine in Grant’s blood, […]