The Lund Report, April 8, 2014 Portland Police Lt. Cliff Bacigalupi was a seasoned street cop when his police chief asked him to head up a new unit designed to address an unintended but growing part of the police force’s scope of practice — performing triage on the high number of people with mental illness […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Nov. 6, 2013 See FAQ below Portland city officials stood with the police union president and the state’s top prosecutor Wednesday to announce that the city and police union had reached a tentative agreement on reforms to address last year’s scathing federal investigation. The police union waived its right to […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Dec. 21, 2012 U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon said Friday he will allow public testimony at a “fairness hearing” the court will hold next year on the negotiated settlement that the city of Portland reached with federal justice officials on police reforms. Simon described his objective in holding such […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Dec. 18, 2012 The federal government Monday formally filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Portland alleging excessive force by Portland police and handed a federal judge a proposed settlement that calls for a multitude of police reforms. READ – Complaint (PDF, 271KB) READ – Memorandum in Support of Joint […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Nov. 2, 2012 When Portland’s mayor last week announced the city’s plan to address federal concerns about police treatment of people in mental health crisis, he highlighted a key feature: a drop-off or walk-in center where police could take patients in need. He said a center would open in mid-2013. […]
READ – Settlement Agreement (PDF download- 170KB) WATCH – Press conference Portland mayor, chief, and Oregon U.S. Attorney announce settlement on Portland police reforms By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Oct. 26, 2010 Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Police Chief Mike Reese stood with U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall Friday afternoon in City Hall to announce a […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Sept. 20, 2012 For the past three years, outside consultants, Portland’s city auditor, federal juries and a citizens’ oversight panel have sent the same message to Portland police: rein in officers’ use of the Taser stun gun and limit the cycles of electrical shock that officers can fire. Meanwhile, Dave […]
From The Oregonian, September 15, 2012 The U.S. Department of Justice was blatantly clear in its report last week that the Portland Police Bureau’s practice of training all its officers in crisis intervention techniques — adopted after the high-profile death in police custody of James P. Chasse Jr. — isn’t working. The review found Portland’s […]
by Alan Gustafson, Statesman Journal, Mar. 26, 2012 The U.S. Department of Justice says it has reached agreement with Oregon officials on a yearslong strategy for reforming the state’s community mental-health system, correspondence obtained by the Statesman Journal shows. Federal officials said in a recent letter to the state Department of Justice that the agreement […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Federal authorities investigating the Portland Police Bureau’s use of force held their first public meeting Tuesday night in St. Johns to gather citizens’ accounts of their interactions with city officers. More than 60 people attended. Their complaints varied, but all pleaded with the federal investigators to […]
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