The Portland Police Association plans a march on City Hall tomorrow morning following the announcement of its “no confidence” ballot last Friday—over Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s suspension of Officer Christopher Humphreys. “RALLY TO SUPPORT POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY SCHEDULED PORTLAND, OR — November 23, 2009—The Portland Police Association will hold a march and rally on […]
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Cop Union Running “No Confidence” Vote on Sizer And Saltzman
The Portland Police Association is running a no-confdence vote on the police chief and the police commissioner. We didn’t get any notice of a PPA press conference, for some reason—seriously, guys, give notice to local media already—but here’s what the Tribune has this afternoon: Ballots for a vote of a no-confidence on Saltzman and Sizer […]
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Saltzman Suspends Chasse Cop For Beanbag Shot On 12-Year-Old Girl, Updated With Video
Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman has overruled Police Chief Rosie Sizer and ordered the suspension of Portland Police Officer Christopher Humphreys, after he shot a 12-year-old girl in the leg with a “less-lethal” beanbag round on Saturday night. The action has outraged the Portland Police Association, whose president, Scott Westerman, stood in front of 37 fellow […]
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BREAKING: Sizer To Give Press Conference About Chasse Cop Humphreys
Police Chief Rosie Sizer plans to announce something about Police Officer Chris Humphreys—the cop in the Chasse case—at 4pm at the justice center. Rumor is that Humphreys was involved in another controversial use of force incident over the weekend, and that a suspension may be looming. We’ll have details from the scene. The Police Union […]
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Cops and Tattoo Artists Team Up Against Abuse
This is one of those “only in Portland” things. You ready? This weekend, the Portland police bureau is hosting a fundraiser at a local tattoo parlor to raise money for it’s domestic violence victim fund. Um, awesome? From the police: Infinity artist Ms.Mikki Semi-nude Mexican pin-ups against domestic violence! On Sunday, November 22, 2009, from […]
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Cop Union Boss: “Our Low Emotional Condition”
Portland Police Association President Scott Westerman has a doozy of an editorial in this month’s Rap Sheet, entitled Our Low Emotional Condition. The text is as follows: Morale is defined by Merriam-Webster as the mental and emotional condition (as of enthusiasm, confidence, or loyalty) of an individual or group with regard to the function or […]
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Cops and Robbers!
Traffic was snarled Wednesday at the intersection of NE Sandy and East Burnside when Portland police nabbed an alleged bank robber after he robbed the HomeStreet Bank at NW 23rd and Burnside. Sgt. Mike Marshman says the male suspect went to the Albina Community Bank at NE 56th and Sandy after the earlier HomeStreet robbery. […]
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I Watched A Homeless Man Get Beaten Up
Last night, I was walking back to my car when I saw something horrible. Right in front of me, I saw about a half-dozen young men attack a homeless man. I didn’t think much was happening at first: just some kids yelling, maybe they were drunk, maybe just excited. But then I saw a taller […]
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Police Officer Requests YouTube Video’s Removal
Portland Police Bureau Captain Mark Kruger probably isn’t too happy with this video, posted by Robert Seaver, who claims to be a former friend of Kruger’s. Kruger has come under fire for brush-ups with Nazi images before, as reported in the Willamette Week in 2004. YouTube sent Seaver an email asking that he edit or […]
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Mental Health, Church Groups Ask Chasse Cops: Quit
“The late civil rights leader Dr.Martin Luther King said we are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation,” said the Reverend Doctor Leroy Haynes, vice president of the Albina Ministerial Alliance this morning. “James P Chasse junior, who died in police custody of blunt force trauma, cries […]
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God Bless The Oregonlive Commenters
In this case I would say they’re right on point. Four mental health groups will call on three officers involved in the death in custody of James Chasse to resign at 9am.
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Leonard Tussles With Copwatch Over Saltzman’s Record As Police Commissioner
City Commissioner Randy Leonard came to the rare defense of Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman during the council session this morning, with one of his classic rhetorical blow-ups. Why keep an ongoing conflict at a slow burn when you can ramp it up to boiling point with a few choice remarks? COPWATCH’S DAN HANDELMAN: TOOK THE […]