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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2021
IN BRIEF
Coast Guard’s 13th District
changes command
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Melvin Boubou-
lis replaced Rear Adm. Anthony “Jack” Vogt as com-
mander of the 13th District during a ceremony Thurs-
day in Seattle.
“It has been an incredible privilege to serve as the
13th District commander for the past two years,” Vogt
said. “Throughout my tenure, I have endeavored to
honor my oath, perform the mission, adhere to the Coast
Guard core values and take care of the crews I have been
trusted to lead.
“During what has been an extremely challenging time
in our nation’s history, I am extremely proud of our Coast
Guard women and men for performing with excellence
while saving lives, ensuring maritime security and pro-
tecting our beautiful Pacifi c Northwest environment.”
Vogt retired after 35 years of service in the Coast
Guard.
Bouboulis is the former director of operational logis-
tics at headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The 13th District, based in Seattle, has sector offi ces
for the Puget Sound, the Columbia River and North
Bend.
RESCUE
TRAINING
County seeking applications for
Human Services Advisory Council
Clatsop County is seeking applications for three open
seats on the Human Services Advisory Council.
The council advises county commissioners on devel-
opmental disabilities, mental health and alcohol and
drug abuse treatment services. The council meets the
fi rst Thursday of the month to identify needs, establish
priorities, assist in selection of service providers, eval-
uate services and provide a link to the public through
advocacy and education.
Two of the vacancies are for three-year terms ending
Feb. 28, 2024, and one for a term ending Feb. 28, 2023.
Applications are due by 5 p.m. on July 28 and can
be found on the county’s website or at the County Man-
ager’s Offi ce at 800 Exchange St., Suite 410, in Astoria.
County commissioners will make the appointments.
Seaside Planning Commission
chairman steps down
SEASIDE — Chris Hoth, the chairman of the Seaside
Planning Commission, has announced he will step down.
“Chris has indicated that he feels after all the years of
service that he’s put in, it’s time to step aside to allow some-
one else the honor and privilege of serving on the Planning
Commission,” Mayor Jay Barber said at last week’s City
Council meeting. “And so he has resigned immediately.”
Hoth joined the Planning Commission in 2006.
“I appreciate the opportunity to have been able to
participate in some aspect of the city’s operations in this
capacity,” Hoth said in a letter to the City Council. “I also
feel privileged to have been able to work closely with a
hard-working and knowledgeable staff of the planning
department who have been consistently helpful in guid-
ing me through this process as well as current and former
members of the Planning Commission.”
— The Astorian
DEATHS
July 5, 2021
In TANKSLEY,
Brief
Bobbie
A., 69, of Astoria, died
in Astoria. Caldwell’s
Deaths
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
July 4, 2021
DAVIS, Darlene Kay,
73, of Vernonia, died in
Vernonia.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
MEMORIALS
Friday, July 9
Memorials
BAY, JoAnne Hen-
drickson — Visitation
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton
Mortuary, 1165 Franklin
Ave. Graveside service at
2 p.m., Greenwood Ceme-
tery, 91569 Oregon High-
way 202.
Saturday, July 10
STEINMAN, Byron
Mark — Memorial via
Zoom at 3 p.m. Zoom ID
is 503-812-2267, pass-
word is 1995
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, noon, work
session, (electronic meeting).
Warrenton Marinas Advisory Committee, 2 p.m., 501 N.E.
Harbor Place.
Clatsop Care Health District Board, 5 p.m., (electronic
meeting).
Cannon Beach City Council, 6 p.m., (electronic meeting).
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, noon, work
session for public works fi eld trip.
Seaside Improvement Commission, 6 p.m., 989 Broadway.
Gearhart City Council, 7 p.m., (electronic meeting).
THURSDAY
Seaside Civic and Convention Center Commission, 5 p.m.,
415 First Ave.
Gearhart Planning Commission, 6 p.m., (electronic meeting).
Seaside Parks Advisory Committee, 6 p.m., 989 Broadway.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
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Police reform advanced in Salem
Bills cover a
range of issues
By PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon law-
makers continue to build on
the measures they passed a
year ago to overhaul policing
practices.
In the legislative ses-
sion that ended in June, t hey
passed more than a dozen
bills, adding to what they
did during a June 2020 spe-
cial session Gov. Kate Brown
called after the death of
George Floyd in Minneapo-
lis. His murder by a now-for-
mer police offi cer triggered
nationwide protests about
police conduct toward racial
and ethnic minorities.
Brown has signed several
of the bills, and a few have
taken eff ect already. She is
expected to sign all of them.
Most of the bills origi-
nated from a subcommittee
of the House Judiciary Com-
mittee focused on police.
The leader of the panel
and the full committee is Rep.
Janelle Bynum, a Democrat
from Clackamas and a Black
businesswoman who had
an encounter with police in
2018 when someone reported
her as a “suspicious person”
while she was canvassing her
district.
“We heard Oregonians
when they said that the power
of policing comes from com-
munity. This session, the
community rebuilt policing,”
she said in a statement.
“We began with an ambi-
tious agenda, and we fi n-
ished strong. We also realize
that our work is not yet done,
and we intend on bringing
forth more bills in the interim
(2022) session. For now, I’m
focused on seeing how com-
munities, cities and coun-
ties will build locally. We’ve
given them the keys, now it’s
time for them to drive.”
Most bills passed on
bipartisan votes in the state
House and Senate, although
dissenters were generally
Republicans.
The top Republican is
Rep. Ron Noble, a former
McMinnville police chief,
who also worked for Cor-
vallis police. He also said the
bills form the basis for real
changes in police practices,
but much work lies ahead for
offi cers, police agencies and
the state agency that over-
sees training of public safety
personnel. Brown named a
new director from outside the
agency earlier this year.
Although
lawmakers
passed other bills aimed at
changes in the criminal jus-
tice system , House Bill 2002
did not make it. Several of
its advocates were from
minority communities and
mental health groups, which
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The Black Lives Matter movement has prompted lawmakers
to take a closer look at police.
sought the bill to remove
low-level interactions with
police that have resulted in
tragedies. They criticized leg-
islative leaders for its failure.
“I’m so appreciative of
the community-driven pro-
cess that was behind the bill,”
House Speaker Tina Kotek,
a Democrat from Portland
who called its failure her big-
gest disappointment of the
session, said. “The discus-
sion will continue, and I look
forward to working with the
coalition to bring the bill back
in next year’s session.”
Key funding from that
bill did advance, including
a $10 million special-pur-
pose appropriation for cultur-
ally specifi c justice reinvest-
ment programs, $4 million
to the Oregon Criminal Jus-
tice Commission for restor-
ative justice grants, $1.5 mil-
lion for the Reimagine Safety
Fund and $10 million for
Senate Bill 620 to help local
governments cushion the loss
of fees that counties charge
people who are in post-prison
supervision.
Here is a list of some of
the key policing bills passed
during the session:
• H B 2162: Most police
agencies are required to
obtain accreditation, which
means meeting standards set
by an organization desig-
nated by the Department of
Public Safety Standards and
Training . For agencies with
at least 100 offi cers, the dead-
line is July 1, 2025; for agen-
cies with at least 35 offi cers,
it’s July 1, 2026.
The state public safety
academy in Salem must
conduct equity training for
police.
Two public members are
added to the Board on Public
Safety Standards and Train-
ing, one each nominated by
the House speaker and Sen-
ate president, and one pub-
lic member is added to its
police policy committee. One
of the three must be from a
historically underrepresented
community.
• H B 2481: Police agen-
cies cannot obtain specifi ed
military surplus equipment
from the federal government:
unmanned armored or weap-
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grenade launchers and fi re-
arms silencers. If other equip-
ment purchases are approved,
city councils and county
boards must sign off on them.
• H B 2513: Offi cers must
have training in airway anat-
omy and child and adult car-
diopulmonary resuscitation.
Police must summon medi-
cal services, when “tactically
feasible,” if someone under
restraint is having a medical
emergency.
• H B 2527: The state
agency will set standards for
private-security employees,
who will have to obtain state
licenses. Some security pro-
viders for higher education
are exempt.
• H B 2575: State grants
from a $960,000 fund can go
to local agencies to develop
local trauma training through
the state agency. The program
is intended to help police deal
with people or groups experi-
encing trauma.
• H B 2928: Tear gas and
nonlethal projectiles, such as
rubber bullets, can be used
for crowd control only if
someone’s conduct justifi es
police use of deadly phys-
ical force. Sound devices
and strobe lights are banned.
Police must evacuate injured
people and allow access by
emergency medical services.
If police induce another
agency to take actions barred
by state law or court order, it
is second-degree offi cial mis-
conduct, a Class C misde-
meanor punishable by a max-
imum of 30 days in jail and a
$1,250 fi ne.
• H B 2929: Police must
report misconduct by offi cers
of violations of standards.
Reports are to be fi led with
a direct supervisor, a high-
er-ranking offi cer in the chain
of command or the state
agency, which can forward
a report to the local agency
where it originated. Reports
must be fi led within 72 hours
and investigations completed
within three months. The
state agency must receive
reports when misconduct is
substantiated.
• H B 2930: A new
15-member commission will
develop statewide standards,
instead of local, for police
conduct and discipline. The
new standards will prevail
over collective bargaining
between local agencies and
police unions. A statewide
standard of preponderance of
evidence will guide decisions
by arbitrators in police mis-
conduct cases.
• H B 2932: Agencies must
report incidents to a national
use-of-force database main-
tained by the FBI. The Ore-
gon Criminal Justice Com-
mission will analyze data and
report to lawmakers on its
fi ndings.
• H B 2936: The state
agency must investigate the
backgrounds of offi cer candi-
dates at the state public safety
academy, aimed at whether
they have prior participation
in hate groups, racial suprem-
acy organizations or militant
groups. Local agencies must
set standards for speech and
expression by offi cers both in
and outside the course of their
employment, but cannot vio-
late their constitutional rights.
• H B 2986: Offi cers are
required to undergo train-
ing in identifying, investi-
gating and reporting crimes
motivated by bias, based on
the perceived gender of the
victim.
• H B 3047: Suits can be
fi led against people who
release personal information
with the intent of stalking,
harassing or injuring some-
one, a practice known as
“doxxing.”
• H B 3059: Police author-
ity to declare unlawful assem-
blies is modifi ed.
• H B 3145: Offi cer dis-
cipline when an agency
imposes an economic sanc-
tion must be reported within
10 days to the state agency,
which already maintains a
database of offi cers whose
certifi cations have been sus-
pended or revoked. These
reports would be added to the
database.
• H B 3164: State law is
changed to align with Ore-
gon Supreme Court deci-
sions about when someone is
arrested for interfering with
police. Arrests must be based
on whether someone know-
ingly or intentionally inter-
feres with police, so police
cannot arrest people based on
noncriminal behavior.
• H B 3273: Police are
restricted in their release of
booking photos and how they
can be used publicly.
• H B 3355: Identifi ca-
tion is specifi ed for police
assigned to work crowd con-
trol in cities over 60,000 ,
either a name or number on
a uniform and something that
signifi es the offi cer’s agency,
such as “police” or “sheriff .”
It also specifi es how the pub-
lic can obtain that informa-
tion. The requirement does
not apply to Oregon State
Police, or to offi cers in under-
cover operations.
• Senate Bill 204: Civil-
ian oversight boards can have
access to the Law Enforce-
ment Data System.
• S B 621: This bill lets
stand the civilian oversight
board for police that Port-
land voters approved in 2020.
Future ballot measures in
other cities are covered by
the bill .
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