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By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Nov. 8, 2012 Attorneys, community activists and mental health providers filled Portland City Council chambers Thursday to voice concerns about the city’s pending agreement with federal justice officials on police reforms. Many argued that until an independent civilian panel with subpoena powers is created with the authority to investigate alleged […]
READ – Settlement Agreement (PDF download- 170KB) WATCH – Press conference Portland mayor, chief, and Oregon U.S. Attorney announce settlement on Portland police reforms By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Oct. 26, 2010 Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Police Chief Mike Reese stood with U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall Friday afternoon in City Hall to announce a […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Oct. 23, 2012 For 13 years, the city of Portland has awarded a Lake Oswego man a contract to conduct psychological exams of prospective Portland police hires and to gauge whether officers who have been involved in shootings and other major events are fit to return to duty. With little […]
Willamette Week, Oct. 19, 2012 A dedicated mental health prosecutor is now a full-time part of the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office. As the findings of last month’s scathing report by the Department of Justice about the Portland Police Bureau’s unconstitutional treatment of the mentally ill ripple outward, the district attorney’s office decided to assign […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Sept. 20, 2012 For the past three years, outside consultants, Portland’s city auditor, federal juries and a citizens’ oversight panel have sent the same message to Portland police: rein in officers’ use of the Taser stun gun and limit the cycles of electrical shock that officers can fire. Meanwhile, Dave […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner Around 10:30 p.m. on August 14, Michael Justin Evans became the latest casualty in a years-long series of bloody encounters between Portland-area police and persons with mental illness or addiction. Evans, 23, was killed by one of the two Gladstone police officers dispatched to the home he shared […]
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