Oregon lawmakers consider proposal to make police disciplinary records public
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Today 6:05 PM What we want to do is keep the profession as honorable as possible but also make it easier to identify those individuals that should not be wearing the uniform and get rid of them,” said state Sen. James I. Manning Jr., D-Eugene, who proposed the amendment to House Bill 2929.LC-
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A move to publicly disclose discipline taken against police officers in Oregon has become one of the more controversial law enforcement reform measures this session.
An amendment to a House bill by Sen. James I. Manning Jr., D-Eugene, says a police agency could no longer keep an officer’s personnel records confidential under the state’s public records exemption law.
Federal prosecutor, FBI agent explain decision not to prosecute officers involved in Michael Fesser case
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Michael Fesser speaking at an anti-racism rally in West Linn last year. Fesser was wrongfully arrested by West Linn police in 2017, and obtained a $600,000 settlement against the city stemming from the arrest.
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A federal prosecutor and an FBI agent met Tuesday with a West Linn community group to explain why the U.S. Attorney’s Office didn’t pursue charges against any officers involved in the bogus 2017 arrest of Portland resident Michael Fesser.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Gabriel said the office found it couldn’t prove a number of potential crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. Those included, he said, conspiracy to commit a civil rights violation, public corruption, making false statements in the course of a sworn civil deposition and obstruction of justice.
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Oregon’s U.S. attorney won’t pursue criminal charges in Michael Fesser wrongful arrest case
Updated Feb 20, 2021;
Posted Feb 19, 2021
Three members of Congress last February had urged a federal inquiry into the actions of West Linn police in building a questionable theft case against Michael Fesser after The Oregonian/OregonLive revealed that West Linn had paid $600,000 to Fesser to settle his federal discrimination and wrongful arrest lawsuit.
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The U.S. Department of Justice won’t pursue criminal charges against West Linn police or anyone else after investigating the 2017 wrongful arrest of Portland resident Michael Fesser, Oregon’s U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced Friday.
West Linn city manager holding off on citizen petition demand to discipline captain for ‘cursory’ internal review of Michael Fesser’s arrest
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
Posted Feb 13, 2021
West Linn City Manager Jerry Gabrielatos said he’s holding off making a decision until he gives Capt. Oddis Rollins a chance to respond to concerns raised by outside consultants about the internal inquiry he conducted into Michael Fesser’s allegations.
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More than 240 people signed a petition started in West Linn urging the city to hold police Capt. Oddis Rollins accountable for a lackluster internal investigation into the arrest of Michael Fesser, a Black man from Portland who was accused of bogus theft charges in 2017.