PORTLAND, Ore. – A new Portland police unit is about to enter training to cut down on violent confrontations between police and people with mental health problems.
Police hope it will cut down on the chances they'll encounter people...
The schools promise is interesting because the mayor has no say in education. And to make something that's not under the mayor's job description one of the three pillars of a mayoral campaign can raise some eyebrows.
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.
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Department of Justice said Thursday that the Portland Police Bureau violated the U.S. Constitution by engaging in a “pattern or practice of excessive force against people with mental illness.”
Voters got to see candidates for City Council, incumbent Amanda Fritz and her challenger state Rep. Mary Nolan, appear simultaneously on "Your Voice, Your Vote" Sunday in a kind of "mini-debate."
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.
After a year-long review, the Department of Justice said Thursday that the Portland Police Bureau violated the U.S. Constitution by engaging in a “pattern or practice of excessive force against people with mental illness.”
Police officer Ronald Frashour was fired by Chief Reese and Mayor Adams Nov. 16, 2010, after Frashour shot and killed Aaron Campbell, 25, at the Sandy Terrace Apartments on Northeast Sandy Boulevard.