When asked by KATU News if he would continue the fight and spend money on a court battle to block Officer Ron Frashour's return to the police force, Mayor-elect Charlie Hales said "I don't think so."
The City of Portland will reinstate a police officer who was fired over his involvement in the shooting of an unarmed man, even as city officials continue to fight his continued employment.
The Portland City Council voted unanimously Thursday for a court appeal of the state labor board's decision that says the city has to reinstate a fired police officer after he shot and killed an unarmed man.
Officer Ron Frashour was fired after the shooting death of Aaron Campbell outside a Northeast Portland apartment complex in January 2010. An arbitrator and the state Employment Labor Relations Board both ruled Frashour should get his job back.
Portland Mayor Sam Adams picked up support Tuesday from City Commissioner Randy Leonard in his fight to keep officer Ron Frashour off the Portland Police force.
Last Friday, the Oregon Employment Relations Board ruled that the city must adhere to an arbitrator’s decision and re-hire Ron Frashour. Adams has stated in the past he would fight any effort to have Frashour reinstated. The Portland Police...
The Oregon Employment Relations Board ruled on Friday that the city must adhere to an arbitrator’s decision and re-hire Ron Frashour. Frashour had been fired from the Portland Police Bureau after he shot and killed an un-armed man in 2010.
Federal prosecutors said there is not enough evidence to file civil rights charges against officers involved in the shooting death of Aaron Campbell. Campbell was unarmed when he was shot outside a Portland apartment building in January 2010.
PORTLAND, Ore. - Four officers who were involved in a fatal shooting during an incident at a northeast Portland apartment complex are being formally disciplined by the Portland Police Bureau. Aaron Campbell, 25, was killed by police in January...
The FBI will begin an investigation into the fatal police shooting of Aaron Campbell last January, according to a letter sent to U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Angry activists and citizens stormed the state Capitol Wednesday and demanded lawmakers change Oregon’s use-of-deadly-force law following the police shooting of Aaron Campbell last month.