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Welcome to the Portland Copwatch Web Page
Portland Copwatch is a grassroots, volunteer organization
promoting police accountability
through citizen action.
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Newsletter
Check out our newsletter, the People's Police
Report (published 3 times a year)
NEW!
People's
Police Report #61
(January, 2014)
(under construction 3/14)
People's
Police Report #60
(September, 2013)
(text only-complete 1/14)
See thumbnail images of issues #1-60 of
the
People's Police Report (posted in honor of our 20th anniversary
issue!)
Portland Copwatch Activities
Information on US Dept of Justice
Agreement
In 2012, the US DOJ found a "pattern and practice" of excessive force by the PPB.
ALL OUT FOR THE FAIRNESS HEARING!
Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 9:00 AM, Federal Courthouse, 1000 SW
3rd
Testify whether the DOJ Settlement Agreement is "fair, adequate and
reasonable"
More info at the AMA
Coalition website
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)
NEW! Portland Copwatch will present a
Your Rights
and the Police Seminar
on Monday, March 10, 2014 at 6:00 PM
at Center for Intercultural Organizing 700 NE Killingsworth
Please pre-register by phone or
email
-> 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!
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mohamed mohamud: Pioneer Courthouse 1/11/13]](freeMM.jpg)
End FBI Stings!
The Sentencing of Mohamed Mohamud set for Thursday, June
27
December 18,
2013. on hold!
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
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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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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-March 2014 (NEW!Updated
3/13/14)
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)
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)
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Other Portland Police Accountability Stuff
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:
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IPR 2012 Annual Report ,
Draws Attention Away from Shortcomings of System
(7 pages, 5/31/13)
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IPR 2011 Annual Report ,
Shares Little Analysis, Uses New Statistics but Old Examples
(5 pages, 7/30/12)
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IPR 2010 Annual Report ,
Some Improvement, Leaves Much to Be Desired
(7 pages, 6/7/11)
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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