OPB News, April 3, 2015 Portland has a new police oversight group, the Community Oversight Advisory Board. It’s made up of five police officers and 15 citizen volunteers, including people living with disabilities and mental illnesses. The group is part of a legal settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which had found a pattern of […]
From the Portland Mercury, June 27, 2014 With just days before US District Judge Michael Simon gets ready to decide the fate of police reform in Portland, attorneys for the city and the Portland Police Association have submitted lengthy legal defenses of their attempt to push the case through without giving Simon precisely what he […]
By JoAnn Hardesty on behalf of Consult Hardesty, from The Skanner, June 9, 2014 Portland City Commissioners Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform Members of the press Consult Hardesty urges the city not to delay hiring a Community Liaison Compliance Officer to oversee implementation of the Department of Justice Settlement with Portland […]
Disability Rights Oregon, Jan. 17, 2014 In 2012, the US DOJ found a “pattern or practice of excessive force by the Portland Police Bureau against people with, or perceived to be with, mental illness.” Now the community needs to speak out at a “Fairness Hearing” on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 9 a.m., 1000 SW […]
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