By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Oct. 23, 2012 For 13 years, the city of Portland has awarded a Lake Oswego man a contract to conduct psychological exams of prospective Portland police hires and to gauge whether officers who have been involved in shootings and other major events are fit to return to duty. With little […]
WHAT: Support for City Council members as they vote on whether to appeal Ronald Frashour’s rehire WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 4, 2 p.m. WHERE: City Council Chambers, 1221 SW 4th, 2nd floor Message from Dan Handelman, Portland Copwatch: The Albina Ministerial Alliance (AMA) Coalition for Justice and Police Reform is putting out a call to action […]
A Portland Police Bureau analysis shows the bureau’s use of force has dropped 35 percent since 2008, according to a four-page report released Wednesday. The data shows there were 675 use of force incidents by Portland police in 2011, down from 1,039 in 2008. It’s not clear from the report what the bureau’s use of […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Sept. 6, 2012 Portland’s mayor recently invited multiple community activists to apply for a seat on the Portland Police Bureau’s future Training Advisory Council, the first citizens’ group in city history that will have input on officer training. Portland Copwatch and the Mental Health Association of Portland received the invites, […]
From the Portland Mercury, June 19, 2012 Eight days after Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner publicly shared confidential details from an arbitration ruling over whether the city should reinstate Ron Frashour—the cop fired for killing Aaron Campbell—the city attorney’s office sent a terse letter accusing the PPA of “unauthorized disclosures” violating a federal court […]
There is a long and sordid history with the Portland Police and Tasers, which MHAP has been documenting for years. Finally, a Federal Grand Jury agrees there is a problem. As always, follow the Links below to the appropriate sections of this posting: Oregonian: Federal Jury Rules Against Portland Police in Tasing of Man Suspected […]
By Denis C. Theriault, ‘Hall Monitor’, Portland Mercury, February 23, 2012 For Dan Handelman of Portland Copwatch, the city Charter Review Commission’s scramble to tackle a modest package of police accountability issues before its term expires next month sounds disturbingly familiar. The commission, tasked with amending the city’s constitution, needs more time to develop three […]
By Denis C. Theriault, The Portland Mercury, October 20, 2011 They are questions, for any curious citizen, that ought to come with simple answers. How much does the use of excessive force and other inappropriate actions by Portland police officers—the stuff of tort claims and jury trials, but not always newspaper headlines—wind up costing taxpayers? […]
By Jason Renaud and Jenny Westberg This article appeared in Oregon Trial Lawyer magazine, Summer 2011 The most discriminated against class of persons – in any place, at any time, within any society – are persons with an active mental illness. Race, religion, class – any and all of these biases are there as well, […]
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian Portland’s city auditor, Commissioner Randy Leonard and Police Chief Mike Reese want to allow an officer’s direct supervisor to be a voting member of a new Police Review Board that will examine an officers’ use of force and recommend discipline, although city-hired consultants have advised against […]
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