from the Portland Mercury The Mercury is claiming a MAJOR victory this afternoon: Mayor Tom Potter has agreed to our suggestions, made in last week’s issue, to fork out $585,000 to put his money where his mouth is and pay for crisis intervention training for all Portland’s police officers. Well, $500,000, at least. The Mayor’s […]
from OPB.com Portland mayor, Tom Potter, has asked the city council for a quarter of a million dollars to immediately start giving local police officers ‘Crisis Intervention Training.’ Kristian Foden-Vencil reports. The request comes after the death of James Chasse on September 16th. Chasse, who suffered from schizophrenia, died from a crushed chest after three […]
Mayor Tom Potter is asking the City Council to allocate $250,000 to begin immediately providing Portland Police Bureau patrol officers with 40 hours of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training. The training will help officers deal with people suffering from a mental illness. Mental health advocates have called for increased CIT training for all officers in […]
from The Oregonian, by Maxine Bernstein Mayor Tom Potter announced Monday he wants to set aside $500,000 over the next two years to help Portland police run all patrol officers through 40 hours of specialized training on how to deal with people suffering from a mental illness. Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer says she’s committed […]
from the Portland Tribune Portland Mayor Tom Potter will ask the City Council for $250,000 in one-time funds from this year’s budget surplus to immediately start Crisis Intervention Training for all Portland police patrol officers. Although the council will not vote on one-time requests until Nov. 28, Potter hopes the training can begin immediately. The […]
from KGW.com The Portland City Council is set to vote in late November on additional crisis training for police officers. Mayor Tom Potter wants all Portland police patrol officers to undergo the crisis intervention training, to prepare them for potential confrontations with the mentally ill. During their Tuesday meeting, Potter asked the city council to […]
from the Portland Tribune BACK STORY: Tribune’s analysis of Portland police records show cops use force an average of every 2.2 hours In the wake of James Jahar Perez’s fatal shooting by police officers after a traffic stop, hundreds of protesters gather in April 2004 to rally downtown. A few months later a new rule […]
from Mary’s Great Ideas Jim Jim was a member of the same loose-knit community of young people as me in the early 1980s, a lot of us creative, many of us smart, some of us more punk rock than others, a few of us a little messed up. What do you expect from an alternative […]
from The Oregonian A poem written by James P. Chasse Jr. and read at a Friday night vigil is:You and me we went to tea we poured our tea quite evenly Yessiree The poem in Saturday’s Metro section was incorrect.
from The Oregonian Police still miss main pointThe recent articles and editorial about the death of James P. Chasse Jr. at the hands of the police (Feb. 9, 20, 21) seem to miss the point. While it’s all very well to have clearer responsibilities outlined for transportation of injured prisoners, it seems clear that Chasse […]
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