By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Friday, February 17, 2012 UPDATE: Man in custody at 4:58 p.m. on NE Liberty – after throwing knives down on sidewalk. Earlier: Portland Police officers are attempting to talk with a man who is armed with knives and has said he wants to commit “suicide by cop,” according to police. […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Friday, February 10, 2012 Portland Police used tear gas to get a man out of a parking garage after an afternoon standoff. Officers took the man into custody shortly after 2:30 p.m. Earlier police had responded to reports of a man acting strangely and holding a screwdriver in a garage […]
By Kate Mather, The Oregonian, Saturday, January 28, 2012 Police officers and crisis negotiators managed to rescue a man threatening to jump from a second-story ledge at a downtown apartment building late Friday. Several members of the Portland Police Bureau‘s Special Emergency Reaction Team and paramedics also responded to the Henry Building Apartments, 309 S.W. […]
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