The OIR Group’s conclusion that police should not act as automatic suicide dispensers is exactly what the Mental Health Association of Portland has been saying for years (see, for example, our op-ed on the killing of Brad Morgan – the same case cited in the report – “Portland police and another tragic death,” Feb. 8, […]
PRESS RELEASE READ – Report to the City of Portland on Portland Police Bureau Officer-Involved Shootings and In-Custody Deaths (OIR Group – fourth report, January 2016) Outside experts hired by the City Auditor evaluated 11 internal investigations of Portland Police shootings and identified several themes that warrant further attention by City Council and management, according […]
Will They Ever Learn? Report on Cop Shooting Investigations Finds “Room for Improvement” Portland Mercury, June 27, 2012 The day after the city released an outside analysis of seven police shootings since 2004—a report that raised significant concerns about the Portland Police Bureau’s ability to learn from its mistakes—the bureau’s official response didn’t inspire much […]
Portland City Council evening session of July 28, 2010. The Council heard testimony about the OIR Report on the internal police investigation about the death of James Chasse. Council includes Amanda Fritz and Nick Fish, and Mayor Sam Adams via telephone. Commissioners Dan Saltzman and Randy Leonard were absent. Testifying were city auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade, […]
From EnzymePDX, July 28th, 2010 The Portland City Council voted 4-0 early Wednesday to approve a $1.6 million settlement in the wrongful death civil suit filed by the estate of a mentally ill man who died while in police custody in 2006 after being arrested in the Pearl District. The suit in the death of […]
Testimony presented to the Portland City Council, July 28 in response to the OIR Report to the City of Portland Concerning the In-Custody Death of James Chasse From the Mental Health Association of Portland – www.oregonarchive.org +++ In general, the Mental Health Association of Portland supports and appreciates this report on what happened to James […]
From KGW.com, July 23, 2010 City Council will hear public testimony on the OIR report on the Portland Police Bureau’s investigation about the death of James Chasse at 6 PM on July 28 in Council Chambers. An outside consultants report had some sharp criticisms for the way in which Portland police investigated the 2006 death […]
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