To quote city staffer (political insider) Andre Miller, “There should never be a police only response for mental health crises.” The friends of PSR have cute ideas.
To paraphrase (I don’t remember the exact quote) Sameer Kanal at a D2 meeting: I don’t think there should be any armed police officers on graveyard shift.
Allan thank you for sending this! I was watching so many police cars whizzing by my house on NW 18th Ave., and no idea what was going on. And no idea where to find out! It's now several hours later. Is there any update? Was the person arrested?
The person has been arrested. If you register your phone number at this site, you will get automatic phone calls when there is an emergency such as a shelter in place order. https://www.publicalerts.org/signup
In this case, the area was pretty small and was around where he was hiding on NW Overton between 18th & 19th.
Clubbing a police dog—or any dog—with a steel pipe ought to earn someone a special place in purgatory.
That kind of case also highlights a broader problem: once the arrest makes the news, the public often has no easy way to follow what happens next. Oregon should create a statewide criminal-case tracking system—perhaps called CaseTrack Oregon—that allows citizens to follow cases from charges filed through dismissal, acquittal, or completion of sentence, as applicable. The system, available at http://casetrackoregon.gov/, could work much like tracking an Amazon package: Charges Filed → Arraignment → Pretrial → Plea/Trial → Verdict → Sentencing → Sentence Completed. Citizens could follow individual cases and receive updates as they move through the system.
The same data could support a public accountability dashboard for judges and prosecutors, showing conviction and dismissal rates, sentencing patterns, case-processing times, guideline departures, appeal outcomes, and other measures, with comparisons adjusted for differences in case type and seriousness. That would also help solve a basic voting problem: Oregon asks citizens to elect judges, yet most voters have very little objective information about how an incumbent judge has actually performed. CaseTrack Oregon: From charges filed to sentence served.
Why are we using armed officers? That might scare him. Should use Portland Street Response and give him a snack.
Why don't you volunteer to offer a meal to the officers protecting you?
Sarcasm, look it up.
OMG that's hysterical. Thank you. Love Love Love the humor, Ervin.
To quote city staffer (political insider) Andre Miller, “There should never be a police only response for mental health crises.” The friends of PSR have cute ideas.
To paraphrase (I don’t remember the exact quote) Sameer Kanal at a D2 meeting: I don’t think there should be any armed police officers on graveyard shift.
Definition luxury beliefs.
Allan thank you for sending this! I was watching so many police cars whizzing by my house on NW 18th Ave., and no idea what was going on. And no idea where to find out! It's now several hours later. Is there any update? Was the person arrested?
The person has been arrested. If you register your phone number at this site, you will get automatic phone calls when there is an emergency such as a shelter in place order. https://www.publicalerts.org/signup
In this case, the area was pretty small and was around where he was hiding on NW Overton between 18th & 19th.
Clubbing a police dog—or any dog—with a steel pipe ought to earn someone a special place in purgatory.
That kind of case also highlights a broader problem: once the arrest makes the news, the public often has no easy way to follow what happens next. Oregon should create a statewide criminal-case tracking system—perhaps called CaseTrack Oregon—that allows citizens to follow cases from charges filed through dismissal, acquittal, or completion of sentence, as applicable. The system, available at http://casetrackoregon.gov/, could work much like tracking an Amazon package: Charges Filed → Arraignment → Pretrial → Plea/Trial → Verdict → Sentencing → Sentence Completed. Citizens could follow individual cases and receive updates as they move through the system.
The same data could support a public accountability dashboard for judges and prosecutors, showing conviction and dismissal rates, sentencing patterns, case-processing times, guideline departures, appeal outcomes, and other measures, with comparisons adjusted for differences in case type and seriousness. That would also help solve a basic voting problem: Oregon asks citizens to elect judges, yet most voters have very little objective information about how an incumbent judge has actually performed. CaseTrack Oregon: From charges filed to sentence served.
That is one of the best ideas I have read on this site.