NOT COPS <<Dozens of Portland nonprofits, businesses, advocacy groups and state lawmakers are urging the city’s elected officials to fully fund and expand Portland Street Response, the city program that sends mental health workers — instead of police — to 911 calls related to people having behavioral health crises outside. The coalition released a petition …
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6/30/2023 News Roundup
SHOOTINGS <<A grand jury has found two Portland police officers justified in the shooting death of a murder suspect accused of shooting and killing a man in a Southeast Portland shop in April, the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office announced. The officers, identified as Nick Wombold and Brian Wheeler, along with Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputy …
6/1/2023 News Roundup
SHOOTING <<Police in Vancouver shot and killed an armed-robbery suspect Tuesday evening, the Vancouver police department said. The detective and other officers waited outside and witnessed the suspect leave the store. “When (the suspect) saw police, he dropped a bag of items, displayed a firearm, ran westbound through the parking lot and during the attempt …