Welcome to the Portland Copwatch Web Page

Portland Copwatch is a grassroots, volunteer organization promoting police accountability through citizen action.

• Learn more about Portland Copwatch              • Visit some cool links
                • See our wish list  for ways to support PCW
Newsletter

  • Check out our newsletter, the People's Police Report (published 3 times a year)
         NEW! #43- January, 2008 (text only, under construction 4/08)
    Portland Copwatch Activities

  • NEW! List of the top 25 settlements for police misconduct cases,
        1993-2008 (REVISED 4/30/08)
  • Report on Independent Police Review Division (IPR):
    City Council Hearing Wednesday, March 19, 2008
        10:45 AM at Portland City Hall, 1221 SW 4th

    Portland's Police Complaint System was reviewed by Eileen Luna-Firebaugh.
        • Download the January 24, 2008 report from the Mayor's website,
        •NEW! Auditor, Former Police Review Director
            Misrepresent Assessment of Review Board     (3/11/08)
        • read our full analysis (2/12/08), watch the companion video
          or look at other information

  • Portland Copwatch will present a Your Rights and the Police Seminar on on Thursday, February 21, 2008, from 7-8:30 PM
    at CityBikes Annex, 734 SE Ankeny (NEW LOCATION!).
    RSVP now to secure your place at the seminar, there will be a cut-off point to limit the number of participants.
  • Look here for announcements of upcoming Orientations,
       Your Rights and the Police Seminars and Copwatch Trainings
    Contact us if you want us to provide a training for your organization!
                   
  • Portland Copwatch has been an active participant in the
            Mayor's Racial Profiling Committee since January, 2007.

  • Portland Copwatch sent a respresentative to the first International
            Copwatch Conference     in Oakland July 13-15, 2007.
  • Report back on the National Conference on Police Accountability
           held at Portland State University, October 15-17, 2004.
    Shootings and Deaths in Custody

  • Information on Portland Police shootings and deaths in custody
            Includes information on the in-custody death of James Chasse, Jr.
            and the shootings of James Jahar Perez and Kendra James
  • List of shootings and deaths 1992-August 2007
  • Analysis of PARC's 2006 report on Portland Police shootings
          (7 pages, 1/23/07)

  • Analysis of PARC's 2005 report on Portland Police shootings
          (9 pages, 9/16/05)

    Other Portland Police Accountability Stuff

    Analysis of the City's Use of Force Report
          (3 pages, 4/25/07)

  • Chief Foxworth replies to eight questions from Portland Copwatch (June, 2005)
  • Portland Votes to Withdraw Officers
       from Joint Terrorism Task Force (April 28, 2005)
       Report and background information on historic 2005 vote

    Background on the Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force (PJTTF)

  • City Council passes "Terrorism Task Force" ordinance (11/22/00)

    Background on the Independent Police Review Division (IPR)

  • Analysis of the Independent Police Review Division (IPR)'s
      Tort Claim report    , which calls for lawsuits to be handled
       like complaints (9/20/04)

  • Copwatch analyzes analyzes the IPR's Annual Reports:
      NEW!    Third Annual Report (2004)    , shows system still needs work
      (8 pages, 8/3/05)
       Second Annual Report (2003), continues to ignore community concerns
      (2 pages, 8/31/04)
       First Annual Report (2002), shows shortcomings in the structure
       (9 pages, 6/19/03)

  • Read an analysis of the Auditor's "Independent Police Review Division", showing that it acts to shield police from scrutiny (5/21/01)

    Reports

  • Read a report on the Joint Terrorism Task Force (1/11/01)

  • Read the Majority Report of the Mayor's PIIAC work group,
      proposing a strong police review board (Oct. 30, 2000)
  • Read our (1993-1996) Proposal for an Effective Civilian Police Review Board

    Information

  • See a list of the top 25 settlements for police misconduct cases,
        1993-2008 (NEWLY REVISED 4/30/08)
  • Read the Bike Rider's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
      (also available in .pdf format.)
  • Look at our Glossary currently under construction (8/2/02).
  • Download a "No Warrant, No Entry" flyer to post at your home.
  • Look at older, but still interesting stuff on our archive page
  • Visit our list of cool links

    • Portland Copwatch
    PO Box 42456
    Portland, OR 97242
    (503) 236-3065/ Incident Report Line (503) 321-5120
    e-mail: copwatch@portlandcopwatch.org
    (Click here for other email info)

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    Page last updated April 30, 2008