In the past three decades, Portland police chiefs have fired officers who were convicted of driving drunk off duty, leaving dead animals outside a black-owned business, and selling “Smoke ‘Em, Don’t Choke ‘Em” T-shirts to officers after a man died in police custody from a neck hold. The chiefs had to bring them all back. […]
Message from the Portland Police Association’s President Scott Westerman, from March 2010 Immediately after the Aaron Campbell shooting, Chief [Rosie] Sizer stood silent. The community was demanding answers and she stood silent. There is an obvious disconnect between the public’s expectations of the police and the Police Bureau’s training. While this disconnect may not be […]
From the Portland Tribune, October 22, 2009, & see OUR COMMENT below. Frustration builds as county crisis center proposal falls short The closet-sized room near the emergency department entrance at Oregon Health & Science University isn’t much — a few chairs, a footstool and a counter. It’s not a place police officers want to spend […]
From The Oregonian – Thursday, October 24, 1991. Not available online. A Portland man who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy Tuesday night had worked as a defense investigator on a number of prominent criminal cases, including that of Frank E. Gable, who was convicted of the murder of Oregon Corrections Director Michael […]
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