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Multnomah County Passes Weak Plan Under State Law for Shootings Despite efforts by Portland Copwatch (PCW) to get them to include prevention of police shootings and use of less-lethal weapons into its scope, Multnomah County's plan for officer-involved shootings and deaths in custody was passed by Portland City Council on June 4. District Attorney Mike Schrunk held two public forums with only three days' notice at which less than a dozen people came to testify (PPR #44), yet Schrunk told Council he had done extensive outreach. Multnomah County Commissioners approved the plan about two weeks earlier. The plan was mandated by 2007's state Senate Bill 111. Multnomah's plan basically reinforces what is already being done, giving the DA discretion whether to hold a grand jury hearing after each incident, and to enforce SB 111's provision that officers have to attend at least two psychiatric counseling sessions after a shooting. They also plan to hold public forums about officer shootings, but PCW suspects this will be more of the same song and dance explaining officers' legal ability to shoot someone when they feel their life or someone else's is at risk. Columbia County passed a similar plan on May 5 (South County Spotlight, May 6). The Attorney General had mandated plans by May 30, so technically Portland's vote came after that deadline. As of August 15, 7 of Oregon's 36 counties, including Tillamook, Hood River, Klamath, and Umatilla, did not have any materials posted on the AG's website http://www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-department-of-justice/publications- forms/sb-111-implementation/#Plans. Note: the original URL was (http://www.doj.state.or.us/oregonians/sb111_county_materials.shtml), updated on this page in June 2021. |
September, 2008
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