Oregon police officers are rarely held accountable for undue violence. Here are six possible reasons. Whenever police officers use lethal force, they well know there could be consequences, including being charged and prosecuted by the district attorney. C ...
9 Jun 2015 - Jason Renaud an...
For more than 40 years in Portland, it has been people with mental illness For years, our organization, the Mental Health Association of Portland, has chronicled, eulogized and remembered persons who have been on the receiving end of Portland-area police ...
15 May 2015 - Jason Renaud an...
Jenny Westberg and Jason Renaud from the Mental Health Association of Portland talk about the City Auditor's appraisal of the Portland Police Training Division The city auditor’s March 2015 appraisal of the Portland Police Training Division is devast ...
19 Mar 2015 - Jason Renaud an...
The Mental Health Association of Portland remains firm on Department of Justice v. City of Portland. The position elucidated in this column has been our unvarying stance since the outset of the lawsuit, and, barring sudden, cataclysmic changes descending ...
7 Aug 2014 - Jason Renaud
Take the police out of crisis intervention business From the current edition of Street Roots Sam Adams, we have a very large problem on our hands. It's a practical problem for me, for every other medical professional in Portland, for leaders in the A ...
10 Mar 2010 - Street Roots
What happened to James Chasse? Today marks the third anniversary of the death of James Chasse at the hands of the Portland Police Bureau. The Mental Health Association of Portland, who is spearheading a documentary about the case, asked City Hall today to ...
17 Sep 2009 - Street Roots