From: Portland Police Bureau To: Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 4:55 PM Subject: Portland Police Bureau to Begin New Method of Reviewing Officers Use of Force PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU NEWS RELEASE Portland Police Bureau to Begin New Method of Reviewing Officers Use of Force Posted: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:41:23 PST Beginning on January 15, […]
NEWS RELEASE – STATEMENT FROM CHIEF MICHAEL REESE ON THE DEATH OF AARON CAMPBELL Members Disciplined – Investigation and Review Released READ – Statement from Chief Michael Reese on the death of Aaron Campbell, original formatting. Original files are on the PPB site here. Today, I met with the officers and sergeants involved in the […]
The Portland Police Bureau released several hundred pages of documents about the investigation of the brutal death of James Chasse on September 17, 2006. These documents were hidden from public view by protective orders in Chasse v Humphreys until October 1, 2010. READ – Portland police release documents on internal investigation of James Chasse’s death-in-custody, […]
From The Oregonian, October 5, 2010 More than four years after James P. Chasse Jr. died in police custody, the Portland Police Bureau today released a voluminous set of internal investigative and training documents that had previously been sealed by a federal court judge during the course of a pending lawsuit. Chasse, 42, died in […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, August 9, 2010 A police training review found a Portland officer’s actions were “inconsistent” with his training when he chased and knocked down a mentally ill man who then died in police custody in 2006, according to internal police documents obtained by The Oregonian. The review found Officer Chris Humphreys […]
From Willamette Week, January 15th, 2010 This week we reported that Portland Police internal-affairs detectives have yet to interview Officer Christopher Humphreys about shooting a 12-year-old girl with a beanbag gun two months ago. The bureau is investigating Humphreys for possible violations of policy from the Nov. 12 beanbag shooting — a probe that brought […]
From KGW.com, November 5 2009 Portland Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman announced today [Nov. 5] the 80-hour suspension of two Portland police officers in association with the death of a man who died in police custody three years ago. [James] Chasse died in police custody September 17, 2006. Saltzman, who is in charge of the police […]
From the Willamette Week, July 22 2009 Police Chief Rosie Sizer was quick to take credit when the city’s Independent Police Review Division reported last week that use of force against all citizens by Sizer’s officers had dropped from previous years. “I think we started managing the issue better,” Sizer told The Oregonian. But at […]
From the Portland Mercury, July 21 2009 Portland Police are using their Tasers almost twice 26 percent more against people with mental illness as they were in 2006 according to a new report. A use of force report released by the city in November 2006 showed only 26% of force used against people with mental […]
From the Portland Mercury, January 29 2008 Bad Apple Reputation – New Lawsuit Threatened Against Chasse Cop The Portland Police Bureau officer involved in the death of James Chasse Jr. is facing the threat of another lawsuit—this time relating to his use of force against a woman claiming to suffer from mental health issues. Chasse, […]
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