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Many at Fairness Hearing said settlement agreement doesn’t go far enough

February 20, 2014

KATU News, Feb. 18, 2014 For hours on Tuesday, dozens of people took to the courtroom of Federal Judge Michael Simon to give their opinion on whether a proposed settlement between the Portland Police Bureau and the United States Department of Justice is “fair, reasonable and adequate.” The Justice Department had determined that Portland police […]

Letter outlines steps Oregon will take to increase community-based mental health options

January 25, 2014

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The Oregonian, Jan. 24, 2014 A U.S. Justice Department investigator Friday, in a letter to a supervisor, outlined the steps that Oregon mental health care officials have promised to take in response to a federal report this month criticizing Oregon’s community-based mental health care system. READ – Judy Preston’s letter to supervisor John Dunbar, DOJ, […]