The Oregonian, Oct. 23, 2015 Community members aren’t the only ones who have little faith in the Portland Police Bureau’s discipline system. More than half, or 62 percent, of Portland police officers surveyed in the spring believe the bureau’s discipline process is unfair. A majority – or 86 percent — don’t believe the bureau holds […]
The Oregonian, Oct. 21, 2015 U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said he’s not interested in micro-managing a negotiated settlement between Portland and federal justice officials on police reforms. He also hopes that he won’t be called on to have to enforce any of its provisions. Yet he said he wants to remain familiar with […]
Chicago academics suggest Portland police survey those they’ve had contact with, particularly mental health consumers – Oregonian, October 13, 2015 The only way to accurately measure whether Portland police are improving their encounters with people who have mental illnesses is to survey the people themselves, says a team of Chicago-based academics hired by the city […]
Consult Hardesty, July 29, 2015 “In a society governed by the rule of law, the government, its officials and agents are subject to and held accountable under the law. Modern societies have developed systems of checks and balances, both constitutional and institutional, to limit the reach of excessive government power, and to subject the government […]
Portland police officer who fatally shot man armed with knife: ‘I didn’t want to shoot the guy’ – Oregonian, May 15, 2015 [Neither the Oregonian story below or the grand jury evidence attached explain that Chris Healy had schizophrenia and was in a mental health crisis at the time of his shooting.] DOWNLOAD – Transcript […]
Delivered to the Portland Police Bureau on April 27, 2015. This letter includes the Mental Health Association of Portland on changes to PPB policies 850.20, 850.21, 850.22, and 850.25. In general these policies are excellent and our changes are largely aesthetic, but important nonetheless – especially to the persons our organization tends to represent, persons […]
Police Training Audit Fails Basic Task – Truth, published in Street Roots, March 17, 2015 By Jenny Westberg & Jason Renaud for the Mental Health Association of Portland “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 The City Auditor’s March 2015 appraisal of the Portland Police Training Division is devastatingly […]
KATU.com, March 3, 2015 A newly released city audit shows the Portland Police Bureau has made great strides in some areas in regards to its use of force procedures, but it criticizes the bureau in the area of training. The report, the first from the city auditor’s office since the U.S. Department of Justice criticized […]
Our newest, not-so-new police directive: Just walk away, Street Roots, January 2015 Jason Renaud and Jenny Westberg are with the Mental Health Association of Portland The Portland Police Bureau recently made a stunning and unprecedented discovery — but, sadly, no one noticed. Probably because most of us knew it all along. Their non-breakthrough was this: […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 30, 2014 There was some talk during a Portland City Council hearing yesterday that commissioners might fulfill a major part of the city’s police reform deal with the feds—choosing an independent “compliance officer/community liaison”—as soon as next week. Commissioner Amanda Fritz, who’s been running point on the hiring process, said […]
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