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, […]
By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, Nov. 15, 2013 The most recent quarterly report from the police bureau on how its officers use force—and against whom—offers some cause for concern in the wake of news last week that the city and Portland Police Association had found relative peace over federal reforms. For reasons still unknown, […]
By Helen Silvis, The Skanner, Oct. 23, 2013 Portland City Council deferred a decision on a string of proposals from the auditor’s office to make changes to the Independent Police Review Division. The council will address the proposals Dec. 4 after more study. Constantin Severe, IPR director, introduced the new proposals, which include: giving the […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Oct. 23, 2013 A number of proposed Portland City Code changes that would expand the powers of the Independent Police Review Division and require more information be made public on the police chief’s disciplinary decisions are to go before City Council this afternoon. The League of Women Voters, Portland Copwatch […]
From the Oregonian, June 5, 2013 Portland’s City Council on Wednesday approved a $2.3 million settlement to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by William Kyle Monroe, a man diagnosed with bipolar disorder and permanently disabled after Police Officer Dane Reister fired lethal rounds at him from his beanbag shotgun two years ago. The amount marks […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, May 7, 2013 Mary-Beth Baptista, who has served as director of Portland’s Independent Police Review Division, is leaving the job in mid-June, Portland’s city auditor announced Tuesday. Baptista has led the division, the intake center for complaints against Portland police, since 2008 after working as a Multnomah County deputy district […]
By Denis Theriault, The Portland Mercury, Jan. 16, 2013 Twice a year since 2011, the Portland Police Bureau quietly posts the work of its Police Review Board (PRB)—the group of civilians, cops, and city officials who weigh the most serious misconduct cases facing officers and then tell the chief, if they agree a cop has […]
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 Andrea Damewood, Willamette Week, Dec. 12, 2012 It’s an otherwise slow Monday night, but Officer Casey Hettman is tense. He and two other Portland police officers move through a dingy hallway and flank the locked apartment door. Behind the door is an agitated man who believes President Obama is ordering him to kill. The […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 31, 2012 Building on last month’s federal report that blasted Portland cops’ use of unconstitutional force against the mentally ill, the US Department of Justice and city officials last Friday, October 26, reached accord on a “watershed” set of reforms bearing big promises—but even bigger questions. The agreement aims to […]
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