JAIL DEATHS <<Advocates are calling for an independent investigation into the deaths of eight inmates at Multnomah County jails within the past 12 months. Five of those have occurred in just the past three months. It is an unusually high number of deaths, and the sheriff’s office announced a plan of action on Thursday that …
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8/3/2023 News Roundup
SHOOTING <<Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened at a mobile home park in Kelso Tuesday morning. At about 7 a.m., officers responded to a hit-and-run investigation involving multiple vehicles in the South Kelso area. Police say the investigation led them to the Three Rivers Mobile Home Park at 914 South 12th Avenue. Police …
7/23/2023 News Roundup
SHOOTING <<Gunfire erupted inside Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Northwest Portland Saturday morning, leaving one security guard dead in the aftermath. After an hours-long search for the shooter, the suspect died in an officer-involved shooting in Gresham. The incident began around 11 a.m. when the shots were fired on the 5th floor of the Irving …
7/22/2023 News Roundup
HOMELESSNESS <<Urban Alchemy describes itself as a job-creation program for formerly incarcerated people. It was cofounded in 2018 by Lena Miller, a PhD in psychology who has spent decades on a mission to heal the affliction of violence in urban communities. She says that the traumas that the formerly incarcerated have experienced increase their emotional …
7/21/2023 News Roundup
DEFUNDING <<A John Day police funding ballot measure couldn’t muster enough support last year, and with the sheriff’s office feeling the effects of the fallout, Grant County leaders are debating whether to return to the ballot box. The judge and commissioners of the Grant County Court, the county government’s top elected body, discussed putting a …
7/20/2023 News Roundup
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 …
6/23/2023 News Roundup
THE FASH <<On Thursday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the formation of a nationwide coalition of numerous sheriffs, including four in Oregon, to work together to safeguard American communities from the effects of what they describe as “the ongoing crisis at the southern border.” The 90-sheriff coalition includes Oregon sheriffs from the counties of: Douglas, …
6/11/2023 News Roundup
FASH VS DRAG << Drag performer Poison Waters was slated to host a Drag Queen Storytime at Tigard Public Library on Sunday. That is, until online threats took over social media. On Thursday, the library announced a decision to cancel the event due to “threats of violence and an indication that the safety of the …
6/10/2023 News Roundup
MEDICAL EXAMINER <<The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office says it no longer has the capacity or staffing to keep up with record numbers of mysterious deaths, murders and autopsy requests. So this summer, much of the often painstaking and taxing work will be shifted down to local counties – some haven’t staffed a medical examiner …
6/9/2023 News Roundup
THE FASH <<Tigard police say a Drag Queen Story Hour event at the public library has been canceled for this Sunday due to threats of violence. Police made the announcement on Twitter today. They say due to repeated threats of violence and information indicating the safety of community members may be at risk. The library …