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News
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The irst event, which will
take place from 4 to 6 p.m.
Aug. 26, is called ‘Focus on
Family’
vided for the irst 10 chil-
dren who show up (with
a limit of two per fami-
ly). The event will also
include, healthy snacks,
balloons – and organiz-
ers will distribute cur-
rent health information.
In September, Pre-
SERVE will host “Stress
and Mindfulness,” an
event with a Tai Chi
“
At the August event,
Grandparents
Raising
Grandchildren will make
homemade granola for
the “taste” portion of the
program.
“We encourage every-
one to come and bring a
friend to care for them-
selves or a loved one,”
PreSERVE
cofounder
Tifany Kirkpatrick told
The Skanner News.
PreSERVE was found-
ed in 2007 to provide
education and outreach
for older African Amer-
icans, particularly in the
areas of brain and memo-
ry health, with attention
to the link between hy-
pertension and diabetes
— which are overrepre-
We encourage everyone
to come and bring a friend
to care for themselves or a
loved one
demonstration and dis-
cussions on stress man-
agement, meditation and
mindfulness
practice
from experts. That event
takes place from 2 to 4
p.m. Sept. 24.
In October, PreSERVE
will collaborate with
the Alzheimer’s Asso-
ciation, Oregon Chap-
ter, and OHSU’s SHARP
program to host “Tips
for Healthy Aging” to
present healthy habits
for brain and body. The
program will include a
dance
demonstration
and information about
historical neighborhood
walking routes to try.
All events are free
of charge and include
healthy snacks, and a
healthy soul food recipe.
Baltimore
sented in African Amer-
ican populations – and
dementia. Past events
have included socializa-
tion, physical exercise,
healthy eating, and the
expressive arts. Exam-
ples might include theat-
rical play, poetry, paint-
ing, life history writing,
walking
programs,
gardening, and cooking
workshops.
The group has held
several Aging and Mem-
ory Conferences, and has
also regularly organizes
culturally relevant social
events intended to reach
seniors – as well as peo-
ple in their 50s who may
not consider themselves
“seniors” yet — to lead
healthy, engaged life-
styles.
The Matt Dishman Community Center will hold its annual community appreciation event and block party from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday
at 77 NE Knott St. Improvements are coming to the indoor pool and spa this fall, thanks to the Parks Replacement Bond. The work
will begin during Matt Dishman Community Center’s annual maintenance shutdown for two weeks beginning August 13. The pool
will remain closed up to an additional six weeks after the community center re-opens to complete the work, with an expected pool
re-opening in mid-October.
CRC
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having closed meetings is that it
doesn’t matter how well inten-
tioned the group is, when you go
behind closed doors, it is easy for
people to get pressured …, espe-
cially when there are people of
authority in the room, such as
many police oicers,” Chambers
said.
Currently the CRC can appeal
the indings of police command
staf ater a complaint has been
investigated by the Independent
Police Review or Police Internal
afairs. The 11-member volunteer
committee gathers community
concerns and publicly reports its
indings.
In the new model the CRC would
be involved at the beginning of
a police complaint instead of an
appeal. The CRC would also be
able to hear deadly use-of-force
complaints. The combined board
would have more citizens than
police oicials as voting mem-
bers.
The city council will vote on the
proposed changes Sept. 7.
These changes are being con-
sidered so that complaint cases
are decided within 180 days, a
condition of the U.S. Department
of Justice settlement agreement.
In a memo to the Citizen Review
“
plaints taking too long to be
resolved,” Portland Copwatch
wrote. “Getting rid of public ap-
peal hearings on misconduct cas-
es thwarts the will of the people.”
The town hall provided over an
The CRC opposes, in the strongest terms,
any change to the process that decreas-
es transparency and public access to the
complaint and appeal process
Committee, Portland Auditor
Mary Hull Caballero wrote that
it took a median of 149 days for
a complaint to move through the
appeal process.
In response Portland Copwatch
listed reasons why CRC appeals
took a longer time. These reasons
included asking for more inves-
tigation, Portland Police Bureau
disputing the recommendations
of the CRC and scheduling con-
licts from appellants.
“The proposal doesn’t solve
the problem of misconduct com-
hour for community testimony
and more than 20 people signed
up to speak.
Nearly every person who tes-
tiied urged the council to keep
public meetings.
People were also very critical of
the public outreach of the meeting
and of the proposed plan. When
announcing the town hall meet-
ing online, the release read “Port-
land Police Discipline System:
What Works? What Doesn’t?”
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community are not mutually exclusive
endeavors. We don’t have to choose one
or the other. We’re choosing both. It’s
2016,” Davis said.
The commissioner and Mayor Steph-
anie Rawlings-Blake promised the re-
port would serve as a blueprint for
sweeping changes.
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Matt Dishman Pool
Federal investigators spent more
than a year interviewing Baltimore
residents, police oicers, prosecutors,
public defenders and elected oicials,
as well as riding along with oicers
on duty and reviewing documents and
complaints.
“Nearly everyone who spoke to us ...
Black residents account for roughly 84 percent
of stops, though they represent just 63 percent
of the city’s population
The court-enforceable consent decree
will force the police agency to commit
to improving its procedures to avoid a
lawsuit. The decree likely will not be
inalized for many months, Gupta said.
The Justice Department has under-
taken similar wide-reaching inves-
tigations into the police in Chicago,
Cleveland, Albuquerque and Ferguson,
Missouri, among other cities.
agreed the Baltimore Police Depart-
ment needs sustainable reform,” Gupta
said.
Among the indings: Black residents
account for roughly 84 percent of
stops, though they represent just 63
percent of the city’s population. Like-
wise, African Americans make up 95
percent of the 410 people stopped at
least 10 times by oicers from 2010-15.
During the same
time period, oicers
stopped 34 black res-
idents 20 times, and
seven African Ameri-
cans 30 times or more.
No individuals of
any other race were
stopped more than 12
times.
One man who spoke
to investigators said
he was stopped 30
times in less than four
years.
In this July 27, 2016, ile photo, with a mural depicting Freddie Gray in the
At least 15 of those background, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, center, speaks
stops, he said, were to during a news conference after her oice dropped remaining charges
check for outstand- against the three Baltimore police oicers who were still awaiting trial
ing warrants. None of in Freddie Gray’ death in Baltimore.
the stops resulted in
Oicers routinely use unreasonable
charges.
and excessive force, including against
In addition to pat-downs, Baltimore
juveniles and citizens who aren’t dan-
oicers perform unconstitutional pub-
gerous or posing an immediate threat,
lic strip searches, including searches of
the report said.
people who aren’t under arrest.
AP PHOTO/STEVE RUARK, FILE
Americans 55 and older
in the Portland area, par-
ticularly in the area of
brain health.
The irst event, which
will take place from 4 to
6 p.m. Aug. 26, is called
“Focus on Family” and
participants are invited
to bring grandchildren.
Free haircuts will be pro-
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PHOTO COURTESY OF PORTLAND PARKS & RECREATION
PreSERVE