The Lund Report, April 8, 2014 Portland Police Lt. Cliff Bacigalupi was a seasoned street cop when his police chief asked him to head up a new unit designed to address an unintended but growing part of the police force’s scope of practice — performing triage on the high number of people with mental illness […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Dec. 18, 2012 The federal government Monday formally filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Portland alleging excessive force by Portland police and handed a federal judge a proposed settlement that calls for a multitude of police reforms. READ – Complaint (PDF, 271KB) READ – Memorandum in Support of Joint […]
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 […]
READ – Settlement Agreement (PDF download- 170KB) WATCH – Press conference Portland mayor, chief, and Oregon U.S. Attorney announce settlement on Portland police reforms By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Oct. 26, 2010 Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Police Chief Mike Reese stood with U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall Friday afternoon in City Hall to announce a […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Sept. 20, 2012 For the past three years, outside consultants, Portland’s city auditor, federal juries and a citizens’ oversight panel have sent the same message to Portland police: rein in officers’ use of the Taser stun gun and limit the cycles of electrical shock that officers can fire. Meanwhile, Dave […]
From The Oregonian, September 15, 2012 The U.S. Department of Justice was blatantly clear in its report last week that the Portland Police Bureau’s practice of training all its officers in crisis intervention techniques — adopted after the high-profile death in police custody of James P. Chasse Jr. — isn’t working. The review found Portland’s […]
From the Oregonian, July 1, 2012 The United States Department of Justice is warning Oregon to help people with intellectual or physical disabilities find jobs in the community or the federal government will go to court and force the state to do it. Following a nine-month investigation, the Justice Department sent a 20-page letter to […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Federal authorities investigating the Portland Police Bureau’s use of force held their first public meeting Tuesday night in St. Johns to gather citizens’ accounts of their interactions with city officers. More than 60 people attended. Their complaints varied, but all pleaded with the federal investigators to […]
The actual Press Release for this event we include in full below, but it oddly makes no mention of people with a mental illness. The investigation started with an announcement on June 8th, 2011, where Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas E. Perez said the investigation was prompted by the significant increase in police shooting over […]
Our Two Cents – Perhaps the most positive and optimistic report in a long history of dour and dingy documents plopped out of the Oregon State Hospital this week – Excellent! All fixed. Turns out bricks and mortar, charming lists, graphics and more gobbledegook faux-business lingo evoke good psychiatric care. Everyone go home – watch […]
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