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without pay. Both were disciplined for unacceptable conduct and violation of the department's taser policy. After arbitration in July 2012 with the police union, both letters were revoked and Nice and
Humphreys were repaid for time lost. "IAD" or "Internal Affairs Division" is a 389-page report including witness, expert and officer interviews, case chronology and exhibits. Detectives included Portland's training manual about mental illness, and a 623-page narrative (archived here in three parts) review of Chasse's killing with redacted training materials.
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released an internal investigation on the death of Chasse. The investigation included six items, a "detective notebook" with six photos by witness Jamie
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September 17, 2006. Officers at the scene described Chasse as a homeless person and said that he ran away from them and fought with them. He was beaten and a Taser was employed multiple times on him. After the incident, Chasse was cleared medically by fire and ambulance personnel. He was
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Portland police officers. At the time of his death, he was living in an apartment in downtown Portland and had been diagnosed with
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Chasse's death produced an outcry in the Oregon media, with hundreds of news stories, editorials and front-page articles following the case, and from civil rights and mental health advocates. Although
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then restrained and driven to jail, where nursing staff refused to admit him because of his injuries. The officers were told by jail staff to drive him to a hospital across town. He died en route.
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Chasse suffered fractures in 16 of his ribs and had a total of 26 broken bones, as well as a punctured lung, broken collar bone and torn spleen. The
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apologized to the Chasse family, convened a Mental Health Task Force to review the city's policies, and implemented a
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164:"Why Did James Chasse Jr. Die?"
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