Financial exploitation can have such a significant impact on older adults, especially those who are isolated or lack a social support system. Oregon Department of Human .
File photo of the Oregon Capitol Building in Salem.
The first of more than a dozen bills aimed at increasing police oversight and accountability in Oregon were passed by the Senate, clearing a final hurdle on the way to Gov. Kate Brown’s desk for signature.
The Senate passed five policing bills Wednesday. Save for one bill modifying the crime of interfering with a peace officer, the bills passed with broad bipartisan support. The interfering with a peace officer bill, HB 3164, passed the Senate largely along party lines with Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, joining 11 Republicans voting against the bill. Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Roseburg, did not vote.
Ban from policing looms for former West Linn chief, sergeant
Board to consider action against Reeves, Timeus for false arrest in Fesser racial bias case A year and half after the city of West Linn paid a $600,000 settlement to Michael Fesser, a Black Portlander, to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit following his 2017 false arrest by West Linn police, two of the West Linn officers most culpable in the case may lose their police certifications.
The Police Policy Committee of Oregon s Department of Public Safety Standards and Training voted unanimously Thursday, May 20, to recommend permanently revoking the certifications of former Chief Terry Timeus and former Sgt. Tony Reeves. The state s Board of Public Safety Standards and Training will consider the recommendation at a meeting July 22.
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