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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 (updated 8/12)  for ways to support PCW

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Newsletter

Check out our newsletter, the People's Police Report (published 3 times a year)
     People's Police Report #62 (May, 2014)
       (text only 7/14)
See thumbnail images of issues #1- 60 of the
     People's Police Report (posted in honor of our 20th anniversary issue!)

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Shootings and Deaths in Custody

Information on Portland Police shootings and deaths in custody
  Weapons/Not Weapons Flash Cards for the PPB
    (added 2/21/13)

        Info includes the shootings of Aaron Campbell and Keaton Otis
        the in-custody death of James Chasse, Jr.
        and the shootings of James Jahar Perez and Kendra James

List of shootings and deaths 1992-2014 (Updated 9/2/14)

PCW compiles list of shootings which Oregon forgot to do
  • See our NEW! spreadsheet of Oregon deadly force incidents 2010-2014 (updated 1/21/15)
  • Read the NEW! letter to OR Attorney General Rosenblum about the list
  • Check out the article in the Skanner with an interactive map of the shootings

NEW! Brief Analysis of OIR Group's 2014 report on Portland Police shootings
      (3 pages, 12/17/14)

Analysis of OIR Group's 2013 report on Portland Police shootings
      (8 pages, 7/16/13)

Analysis of OIR Group's 2012 report on Portland Police shootings
      (7 pages, 6/5/12)
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Portland Copwatch Activities

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2014, 3:00 PM
  Race and Police Accountability Forum:
  "The Ferguson, Missouri Story: What Really Happened"
  with Rev. Robert White, President of Clergy United for Peace in Ferguson
  Flyer • More info • Facebook event*

Portland Copwatch deflected from getting meeting with Mayor Hales April-July 2014

NOW AVAILABLE FROM PORTLAND COPWATCH (April 2014):
Copies of "Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse, Jr" on DVD!
Send $15 check or money order to
  Portland Copwatch/Peace and Justice Works
  PO Box 42456, Portland, OR 97242
(Sorry, we can't accept payment for DVDs or other items via our web donation page)

Information on US Dept of Justice Agreement
  In 2012, the US DOJ found a "pattern and practice" of excessive force by the PPB.
  COMMUNITY ROCKS THE FAIRNESS HEARING!
   Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 9:00 AM, Federal Courthouse, 1000 SW 3rd
   Dozens testified whether the DOJ Settlement Agreement is "fair, adequate and reasonable"

   Read the court transcript

  The DOJ page on our site includes links to documents including:

   Portland Copwatch's testimony to the federal court
   on the "fairness" of the Settlement" (January 31, 2014):
     •   pdf format (16 pgs)   •   text format (Intro + 11 sections with links)
   Portland Copwatch analysis calling US Department of Justice / City of
    Portland Agreement "a plastic mallet to hammer in a problem nail":
    • 7-page Analysis in PDF format • Analysis in html (text) format (with links)


-> 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!
       

End FBI Stings!
  The Sentencing of Mohamed Mohamud set for Thursday, June 27
            December 18, 2013. on hold!
  Wednesday, October 1, 2014
  Mr. Mohamud was set up by the FBI in a sting operation similar to many
  others around the nation. His January trial ended in a guilty verdict.
  The sentencing originally set for June 27 then delayed to December 18, 2013
  has been canceled while the revelation that the US used warrantles wiretaps is examined.
  Download and read our background fact sheet on FBI stings

Copwatch stickers available
Hey! Would you like to have your very own Portland Copwatch sticker?
Decorate your bike, car, backpack, notebook, front porch, or whatever!
Send us a self-addressed, stamped envelope. We can send up to 8 4"x2.5" stickers for 1 stamp.

Changes to Portland's Civilian Oversight system
Depsite the community waiting for nearly 2 years to strenghten the Independent
  Police Review Division (IPR)'s Citizen Review Committee (CRC), Council voted in
  only 4 significant changes to the ordinance on December 14, 2011, one of which
  weakened the CRC.

Read more on our page about the police oversight system including:

    Portland Copwatch's analysis of the "Standard of Review" for the
    Citizen Review Committee (4/8/11-.pdf)

Portland Copwatch participated in the Mayor's Racial Profiling Committee
        from January, 2007 until it was disbanded in late 2008.
        (We are monitoring the Office of Equity and Human Rights' efforts to continue the work.)
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Other Portland Police Accountability Stuff

NEW! Analysis of the January 2015 Police Review Board Report
      (1/27/15)

Analysis of the July 2014 Police Review Board Report
      (7/22/14)

Analysis of the Auditor's Report on Tasers
      (11/18/10)

Analysis of the City's 2009 Use of Force Report
      (3 pages, 7/20/09)
        Includes links to the report and to omitted Bureau statistics
    Analysis of the City's 2007 Use of Force Report
      (3 pages, 4/25/07)

Background on the Independent Police Review Division (IPR)

Portland Copwatch analyzes the IPR's Annual Reports:
*       IPR 2013 Annual Report , More Details Expose System Failure
  (10 pages, 10/31/14)
*       IPR 2012 Annual Report , Draws Attention Away from Shortcomings of System
  (7 pages, 5/31/13)
*       IPR 2011 Annual Report , Shares Little Analysis, Uses New Statistics but Old Examples
  (5 pages, 7/30/12)

Read previous years' annual report analyses.

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

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

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Reports

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

Background on the Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force (PJTTF)

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

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
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Information

See a list of the top 25 settlements for police misconduct cases,
    1993-2012 (REVISED 3/17/12)

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.)

Print the Oregon Homeless Rights guide
  by Oregon Law Center (.pdf)

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
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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)

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

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Page last updated January 27, 2015