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! #46- January, 2009 (.pdf only--5 MB 3/09)
    Portland Copwatch Activities

  • Portland Copwatch will present a
        Three-part training cycle (over two weeks)
        on Saturdays May 16 and 30, 2009
        at 11 AM at the Portland Mennonite Church,
       1312 SE 35th, just N. of Hawthorne (enter on Main)
       Please pre-register by phone or email.
           ($10 Reservation required, no one turned away for lack of funds)
          Download .pdf flyers
    RSVP now to secure your place, there will be a cut-off point to limit the number of participants. Click here for details
  •    Orientations, Your Rights and the Police Seminars and Copwatch Trainings
    Contact us if you want us to provide a training for your organization!
           
  • List of the top 25 settlements for police misconduct cases,
        1993-2008 (REVISED 4/30/08)

  • Report on Independent Police Review Division (IPR):
    Portland's Police Complaint System was reviewed by Eileen Luna-Firebaugh.
        • Download the January 24, 2008 report from the IPR's website,
        • read our full analysis (2/12/08), watch the companion video
          or look at other information

  • Portland Copwatch actively participated in the Mayor's Racial
            Profiling Committee     from January, 2007 until it was disbanded in late 2008.
            (We are monitoring the Office of Human Relations' efforts to continue the work.)

    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-May 2008 (NEWLY UPDATED 5/15/08)
  • 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! IPR 2007 Annual Report     , Continues Using Misleading Statistics
      (7 pages, 10/10/08, posted 1/1/09)
         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)
  • 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.
  • 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 May 15, 2009