From the Portland Mercury, October 22, 2014 As expected, the Portland City Council tonight has agreed to pursue a narrowly framed, but potentially troublesome appeal of the city’s police reform agreement with the US Department of Justice—casting aside advocates’ and lawyers’ insistent concerns that doing so would shatter their sense of trust in city hall. […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 22, 2014 The legal drama over police reform in Portland—seemingly put to rest in August, when a federal judge finally approved the city’s nearly two-year-old settlement agreement with the US Department of Justice—has been revived. On Wednesday, October 22, Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Amanda Fritz will ask their colleagues […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 17, 2014 The legal drama over police reform in Portland isn’t quite over yet. Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Amanda Fritz are going to ask their colleagues to consider pushing back at one of the more contentious elements of a federal judge’s decision to accept a package of police reforms […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 7, 2014 Most people who follow police issues in Portland had a pretty good sense Police Chief Mike Reese would be ready to hand over the reins once a federal judge approved a long-awaited police reform settlement between the city and the US Department of Justice. But that’s not to […]
The Portland Mercury, June 16, 2014 Portland’s national search for a federal police reform monitor—on hiatus for almost three months after mental health advocates demanded a bigger role in the process—is apparently back on track, according to interviews with city officials and documents obtained by the Mercury. The city began soliciting applications over the winter. […]
Testimony against the settlement agreement in DOJ v City of Portland, presented the US Judge Michael Simon was strong on February 18. Both parties – the US Department of Justice and the City of Portland – have agreed to the 100+ items in the agreement. Judge Simon sought community on the agreement and invited friends […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, June 7, 2013 Federal prosecutors and city attorneys have reached an impasse with the Portland police union on reforms that should be made by the police bureau to address a scathing federal inquiry that found officers use excessive force against people with mental illness. “It’s certainly disappointing that we were […]
READ – Federal court judge wants public input on Portland-federal justice agreement on police reforms READ – AMA Coalition files court papers to intervene in city-DOJ negotiated settlement on police reforms Via email to: Mary_Austad@ord.uscourts.gov The Honorable Michael H. Simon U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon 1327 United States Courthouse 1000 Southwest Third […]
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