Our response to the current COCL candidates To CITY COUNCIL, CITY AUDITOR and senior city hall staff. September 10, 2014 For over a decade advocates for people with mental illness have steadily watched one police reform effort after another launch grandly and flop summarily. The settlement in DOJ v. City of Portland has been, from […]
From the Portland Mercury, June 4, 2014 By now, based on the wishful thinking of the past few months, Portland City Hall ought to have marked a pair of major and incredibly consequential police reform milestones. A much-contested reform deal between the city, the Portland Police Association, and the US Department of Justice—calling for new […]
Eds. Note – below is a series of articles describing the protracted legal process required to condemn and destroy the Bridgeport Hotel. It was never a notable address, but located at the base of the east side of the Burnside Bridge, it rented to drunken sailors and bachelor warehousemen, burned several times, then served as […]
Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform c/o Allen Temple 4236 NE 8th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97211 *CITY CHALLENGE TO ANNUAL COURT HEARINGS JEOPARDIZES DOJ AGREEMENT ON IMPROVING POLICE PRACTICES * The Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform (AMAC) strongly condemns the City of Portland’s refusal to agree to annual […]
The Skanner, March 25, 2014 A final decision on the proposed settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the City of Portland has been pushed back to April 14. At the hearing, reported in The Oregonian, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said he wanted an annual review of progress on the agreement, […]
Disability Rights Oregon, Jan. 17, 2014 In 2012, the US DOJ found a “pattern or practice of excessive force by the Portland Police Bureau against people with, or perceived to be with, mental illness.” Now the community needs to speak out at a “Fairness Hearing” on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 9 a.m., 1000 SW […]
KGW.com, Jan. 22, 2014 Lawyers for Cayla Wilson, a pregnant Gresham woman who was severely brain damaged when a drugged-out driver slammed into her car on Apr. 15, 2010, are suing the City of Portland and Clackamas County for $42 million in damages on behalf of their client. Wilson, who was 19 years old at […]
By Andrea Damewood, Willamette Week, August 14, 2013 Breaking a deadlock over public bargaining sessions, the city of Portland and the Portland Police Association will hold a public contract negotiation tomorrow morning. The meeting is set for 8:30 am to noon in Room 2500 A of the 1900 Building, 1900 SW Fourth Ave. The announcement […]
By Aimee Green, The Oregonian, July 30, 2013 A 27-year-old man who won a $306,000 jury verdict last year after Portland police beat him and then unlawfully arrested him has agreed to a carefully worded settlement to receive his check. READ – Gallagher Smith v. City of Portland Settlement Documents (PDF, 28KB) Gallagher Smith was stunned […]
By Andrea Damewood, Willamette Week, July 26, 2013 The Portland Police Association has filed an unfair labor complaint against the city of Portland, saying that Mayor Charlie Hales‘ stance that some contract negotiations be made public is against labor rules. READ – PPA’s unfair labor complaint (PDF, 215KB) READ – “Moving Forward With Contract Negotiations” […]
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