From the Portland Mercury, February 27, 2013 Merle Mikal Hatch was holding a busted, stolen black telephone handset—eight inches long and two inches wide—when he ran at a pack of Portland cops he’d been swearing at and goading from 80 yards away. He clearly wasn’t in his right mind. And he didn’t have a gun. […]
READ – Federal court judge wants public input on Portland-federal justice agreement on police reforms READ – AMA Coalition files court papers to intervene in city-DOJ negotiated settlement on police reforms Via email to: Mary_Austad@ord.uscourts.gov The Honorable Michael H. Simon U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon 1327 United States Courthouse 1000 Southwest Third […]
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 […]
READ – DOJ – City of Portland Settlement, to be voted on by Portland City Council 11/1/12, 2 PM READ – Proposed city ordinance accepting settlement with DOJ To Thomas Perez, U.S. Department of Justice: The settlement offer distributed on October 27 may resolve differences between the city of Portland and the federal government, but […]
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 […]
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, […]
Australian TV news aired a 20 minute story on Tasers, highlighting Portland, Oregon as a community where Tasers have been in use. There is interest in Oz to have their cops use Tasers as an alternative to pistols, rifles, shotguns, cudgels, fists and feet. Journalist Nick Lazaredes talked with ACLU Oregon’s David Fidanque, Dan Halsted […]
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