From OPB.com, November 30, 2006 Portland city commissioners approved funding Wednesday to train police officers to deal more sensitively with mentally ill people. The $250,000 is a fraction of the city money available thanks to higher-than-expected tax collections. The training became a city council priority after a mentally ill man died in police custody this […]
from Street Roots, by Michael Hopcroft – member of the Mental Health Association of Portland board of directors November 2006 The Devil take the hindmost. A vital, unspoken creed of American society – that those who achieve great things are the ones who do not notice those who fall behind. The fact that it is […]
from the Portland Tribune, by Nick Budnick November 2006 Late Wednesday afternoon, Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk released a scathing report finding that the county has “some of the most expensive jails of any urban area in the nation,” citing a variety of mismanagement including “rampant” sick-time abuse at the jail system overseen by […]
from The Oregonian, by Anna Griffin and Arthur Gregg Sulzberger November 2006 Multnomah County’s jails have devolved into violent and costly near-chaos mostly because the elected officials responsible for overseeing them refuse to do their jobs, according to a scathing report released Wednesday by District Attorney Michael Schrunk’s office. In a 63-page analysis prepared after […]
from KOIN.com – November 2006 A new report from the district attorney’s office claims that Multnomah County jails are being grossly mismanaged. jailAmong other complaints, the report cites the lack of disaster plans at all jails and the James Chasse case, in which the suspect died in police custody. It also questions how two inmates […]
from KGW.com – November 2006 The following excerpts are from Multnomah County’s report on the jail’s handling of the in-custody death of James Chasse. “Patricia Gayman was the nurse on duty when Mr. Chasse came in around 6:15 p.m. She had been told he was in the booking area and that he might not be […]
from KGW.com – Thursday, November 2, 2006 The death of a mentally ill man has raised questions about procedures in Multnomah County’s Correctional system, according to a new District Attorney’s report. 42-year-old James Chasse died in police custody in September. According to officers, Chasse got in a fight with them during an arrest attempt. Officers […]
November 2006 from The Oregonian Letters to the Editor Training: Help cops deal with mentally ill In Maxine Bernstein’s front-page article, “Potter wants crisis-trained cops” (Oct. 31), Robert King, president of the Portland Police Association, is quoted as saying, “Until our community gets serious about helping the mentally ill, it won’t matter how much training […]
from the Portland Tribune, November 2006 Report: Sheriff, county blamed for some of the priciest facilities in U.S. Incoming Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Lisa Naito are vowing to tackle a variety of issues raised by District Attorney Michael Schrunk’s bombshell of a report on management of the county jail system. On Wednesday, […]
From the Portland Mercury, November 26, 2006 The official police investigative reports into the in-custody death of James Philip Chasse Jr. on September 17 appear to have ignored—or at least heavily re-interpreted—the direct testimony of several independent witnesses. The police investigation found that Chasse was killed because Officer Christopher Humphreys “accidentally fell” on him, as […]
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