By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, Oct. 2, 2013 Will Aitchison, the longtime (and now retired) attorney for the Portland Police Association (PPA), was known for many things over the decades he spent defending his client in contract talks, court fights, government hearings, and arbitration cases. He’s sharp-tongued. He’s deft with explanations. He’s disarmingly charming. […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, April 8, 2013 Portland police disciplined for using excessive force would not be able to challenge the discipline before a state arbitrator, under a bill that will have a hearing before state lawmakers on Wednesday. State Sen. Chip Shields, D-Portland, has sponsored the bill, at the request of Portland attorneys […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, October 2, 2012 The Portland Police Association Tuesday morning argued that the city auditor’s review of witness testimony in the arbitration involving fired Officer Ron Frashour was not independent but marred by politics. “We had requested an independent review of testimony of city witness testimony by a third-party,” wrote Officer […]
In the past three decades, Portland police chiefs have fired officers who were convicted of driving drunk off duty, leaving dead animals outside a black-owned business, and selling “Smoke ‘Em, Don’t Choke ‘Em” T-shirts to officers after a man died in police custody from a neck hold. The chiefs had to bring them all back. […]
From the Portland Mercury, June 19, 2012 Eight days after Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner publicly shared confidential details from an arbitration ruling over whether the city should reinstate Ron Frashour—the cop fired for killing Aaron Campbell—the city attorney’s office sent a terse letter accusing the PPA of “unauthorized disclosures” violating a federal court […]
From The Oregonian, June 11, 2012 Portland Police Chief Mike Reese stressed multiple times during testimony before an arbitrator that Aaron Campbell posed no immediate threat to police before Officer Ronald Frashour shot him. “We don’t have a right to shoot him. He never displayed a weapon. He didn’t take any offensive action towards the […]
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