Results of the 2006 U.S. Department of Justice review of conditions and practices at the Salem and Portland campuses of the Oregon State Hospital READ – full PDF document as a 47 page letter to Governor Ted Kulongski Overview The U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) Civil Rights Division is responsible under the 1997 Civil Rights […]
from The Oregonian – December 2006 About 20 public safety and mental health leaders, advocates, and elected officials Tuesday pledged to enhance the professionalism of Portland police and sheriff’s deputies, while lobbying to expand services for people suffering from mental illness. “You know that we don’t need any more studies,” state Sen. Avel Gordly, D-Portland, […]
VISIT – the Sir J Millage Autistic Drop-In Center, in Portland, Oregon LIKE – the Sir J Millage Autistic Drop-In Center Facebook page READ – Excessive Force In Portland, Oregon (mentions Sir Millage) LISTEN – Sir Millage Vigil for Justice (5:25M), KBOO.org LISTEN – Special on Police Brutality: Sir Millage (16:50M), KBOO.org READ – Vigil […]
From The Oregonian, December 12, 2006 Portland Officer Dan Thompson this summer spent at least 30 minutes on a cell phone trying to coax a man armed with a gun out of a Southeast Portland house. The man was waving the firearm around, threatening his friends and holding it to his head. Thompson, speaking from […]
From The Portland Business Journal, December 6, 2006 Trillium Family Services has received a $2 million donation that will jump-start renovations at the Trillium Children’s Farm Home campus in Corvallis. The donation, from Dave and Penny Lowther of Philomath, is the second-largest gift in the agency’s 130-year history. The donation also serves as the lead […]
from OPB.com 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 fall. Steve Weiss […]
from The Oregonian Cops’ violence disturbing It is disturbing to think that Sir J. Millage is lucky (“Guardian upset by force police used ‘to stop or protect’,” Dec. 19). What is lucky about being Tased and beaten with batons by the police, hurt so badly that you need hospital care? Well, at least they did […]
from The Oregonian, by Maxine Bernstein Portland Officer Dan Thompson this summer spent at least 30 minutes on a cell phone trying to coax a man armed with a gun out of a Southeast Portland house. The man was waving the firearm around, threatening his friends and holding it to his head. Thompson, speaking from […]
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