Featured evening speakers will be best-selling novelist Lily King, whose 2021 story collection “Tuesdays in Winter” has received rapturous reviews, and Phuc Tran, Portland author of the celebrated 2020 memoir “Sigh, Gone.”
Updated June 28
Racial Equity panel’s report recommends changes in oversight, training of Portland police officers
Among the recommendations is creation of a crisis response team to initially deal with some mental health and other situations in marginalized communities.
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Members of Portland’s Racial Equity Steering Committee presented the findings of their final report to the City Council on Monday night, the first step in a process that could lead to changes in the training, screening and oversight of the Portland Police Department.
The recommendations touched on community policing, oversight of the department, and changes in the way law enforcement responds to mental health crises. The report was delivered to the City Council in April.