May 19 2021
Cop called BLM protester possible antifa while running photo. Washington County sheriff promptly shut off access.
Months before an intoxicated off-duty Forest Grove police officer acted threateningly toward a family flying a Black Lives Matter flag, Washington County authorities determined that another Forest Grove police officer unlawfully ran a peaceful BLM protester through facial recognition technology.
The incident last June, which was not reported publicly at the time, led the Washington County Sheriff s Office, which operated the program, to immediately shut off Forest Grove police access.
Forest Grove Chief Henry Reimann went public about the incident earlier this month after the Pamplin Media Group sent him questions about it by email. He posted a letter from the chief on the city s website saying the facial recognition incident was an example of Forest Grove officials identifying and addressing mistakes.
Forest Grove cop arrested for role in BLM flag incident
Bradley Schuetz has been arrested and charged with official misconduct in the first degree.
Another Forest Grove police officer has been arrested in connection with an incident last October in which a family reported being terrorized in the middle of the night by an off-duty cop.
Bradley Schuetz allegedly picked up Steven Teets, the off-duty cop, and gave him a ride home after Forest Grove homeowner Mirella Castaneda told a 9-1-1 dispatcher that Teets a stranger to her was on her front porch, pounding on her door and challenging the residents to come out and fight.
By Ryan Shepard
May 11, 2021
Steven Teets was charged with second-degree criminal mischief and second-degree disorderly conduct. Meanwhile, officer
Bradley Schuetz was charged with one count of first-degree official misconduct.
On October 31, Teets
allegedly walked up to the home of
Mirella Castaneda, began pounding on the door and demanded to fight whoever was inside. From there, he is accused of attacking Castaneda s car and the Black Lives Matter flag hanging from her garage door. Unaware that Schuetz was an off-duty police officer, Castaneda opted to call in the police for help. Another officer quickly responded to the scene and identified the assailant. Moments later, Schuetz arrived and did not arrest Teets, but rather picked him up and drove him home.
Two officers are facing charges after one was accused of vandalizing a home and terrorizing a family over a
Black Lives Matter flag, and the second drove his fellow officer straight home instead of facing consequences
On Oct. 31, Forest Grove, Oregon resident Mirella Castaneda and her husband, Pablo Weimann, were awakened by the sound of their truck alarm and allegedly saw Forest Grove police officer Steven Teets, off-duty at the time, in their driveway around 12:30 a.m., banging on a Black Lives Matter sign that hung over the couple’s garage. According to Castaneda, he then made his way to their front door and began kicking and pounding it.