Tag Archives: Willamette Week News & Culture
plan to study re-joining JTTF
Many of these articles reference Mayor Sam Adams’s draft plan to consider Portland rejoining the local JTTF; that plan is available in full (in .pdf format) on the city’s website. City Hall Week in Review: Mayor Sam Adams taking it … Continue reading
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Leo Besner
Mayor Sam Adams says Chief Mike Reese’s recent round of Portland police promotions raises policy questions / Maxine Bernstein, Oregonian, 9 December 2010 Portland Chief Mike Reese dismisses critics, and promotes Officer Besner to sergeant this morning / Maxine Bernstein, … Continue reading
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ex-sheriff critical of administration of Horman investigation
Ex-Sheriff’s Office Official Blasts His Former Employer On Kyron Horman Investigation / Nigel Jaquiss, Willamette Week News & Culture [blog], 7 December 2010
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contract talks will continue
City and Police Union Survive Negotiations Without Declaring Impasse / James Pitkin, Willamette Week News & Culture [blog], 3 December 2010
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contract negotiations
Source: Impasse Friday in Police Contract Negotiations; Public Scrutiny Gone / James Pitkin, Willamette Week News & Culture [blog], 2 December 2010
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Leo Besner
Murmurs [column], Willamette Week, 1 November 2010 ~ “The sister of a man slain in 2005 by a Portland cop is asking Mayor Sam Adams and Police Chief Mike Reese not to promote the officer involved.” Read the Letter: Sister … Continue reading
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news & opinion: Portland and the JTTF
News first (but keep reading, there’s a cartoon linked at the bottom!): Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman calls for city to immediately rejoin the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force / Maxine Bernstein, Oregonian, 29 November 2010 City Hall: A look back … Continue reading
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autopsy shows Craig Bohler did not die from gunshot wound
More on the Officer-Involved Shooting in Southeast Portland (UPDATED with autopsy results) / Jessica Lutjemeyer, Willamette Week News & Culture [blog], 24 November 2010 ~ “The autopsy concluded the man, Craig Boehler, had been shot but that the actual cause … Continue reading
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possible shooting
Police risked gunfire to rescue women from Southeast Portland home during standoff / Joseph Rose, Oregonian, 23 November 2010 ~ The Oregonian featured three other articles about this incident, as the story broke, at 6:30 this morning, at 3:40 p.m. … Continue reading
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Frashour fired, other officers suspended
OPB’s Think Out Loud will feature a discussion about Frashour’s firing tomorrow, Wednesday, November 17th. You can participate by posting comments online, or by calling when the show is on the air at 9 a.m. Portland Police Chief Mike Reese … Continue reading
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