Faced with gun, police kill man – Oregonian May 24, 2007 Portland police say a 43-year-old man holding a shotgun had threatened to shoot a woman moments before officers burst into his townhouse and killed him. Police identified the man as Steven Richard Bolen, who lived in the 500 block of Northeast Suttle Road, just […]
Police shoot, kill armed man From the Oregonian, May 17, 2007 Investigators are trying to sort out why a 53-year-old man shot at paramedics and then police before Washington County officers fatally wounded him Wednesday afternoon in a quiet suburban neighborhood. Authorities declined to release the name of the dead man, but neighbors on Hillsboro’s […]
from The Oregonian, by Maxine Bernstein To widen the pool of applicants and attract more minority candidates, Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer says she’s considering lowering the educational bar for new officers from two years of college to a high school diploma or General Educational Development certificate.Sizer touched on the idea during a speech Friday […]
from The Oregonian Report – A task force prompted by James Chasse Jr.’s death recommends that Portland tighten its policy Portland police used force slightly more frequently than officers in a handful of comparable cities, yet the Police Bureau did not uphold a single citizen complaint between 2004 and 2006, a task force reported. By […]
from OPB.com New Oregon police officers will have to undergo at least 24 hours of mental illness training, under a bill passed by the Oregon House today with overwhelming support. The bill now heads to the Senate, as Rob Manning reports. In the last year or so, police have faced increasing criticism for how they […]
As a mental health professional, I am outraged at how the police chose to deal with the man who attacked a woman and her pregnant daughter. Obviously this man has a mental illness. Obviously he is a danger to others. Obviously he needs help and he needs to be some place where he and everyone […]
from The Oregonian The Senate voted unanimously Friday to require 24 hours of police training in identifying those with mental illness before officers can be certified. “We did something very important here today,” said Sen. Avel Gordly, an independent from Portland, who co-sponsored House Bill 2765. The measure comes on the heels of a number […]
from The Oregonian, by Anna Griffin The election night scene at businessman Harold Williams’ North Portland storefront typified Mayor Tom Potter’s first term. The crowd last week was as diverse as Portland –neighborhood activists mingled with big-money developers, twentysomethings and AARP members bobbed their heads to Marvin Gaye. Potter stood quietly in the center of […]
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