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Portland Police to Improve Crisis-Intervention Response

The Department of Justice has reached a preliminary agreement with the Portland, Ore., Police Bureau (PPB) to improve officers’ response during encounters with people with mental illness. “[W]e find reasonable cause to believe that PPB is engaging in a pattern or practice of using excessive force in encounters involving people with actual or perceived mental illness,” concluded a 42-page report released September 12. The agreement came in the wake of a report that faulted the bureau not only for use of excessive force, but also for inappropriate use of Tasers, inadequate specialized...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - Thursday, 20 September

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