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West Linn residents call on state to fire former Lt. Mike Stradley from state public safety training agency Updated Mar 08, 2021; Facebook Share About 25 people marched to the West Linn Police Department on Sunday afternoon to demand that the state fire former Lt. Michael Stradley for his role in the 2017 arrest of Michael Fesser. They held signs saying “Police Accountability Now,” “It’s not Black vs. White It’s Everybody vs Racism” and “Fire Stradley Now!’' The wrongful theft arrest of Fesser, a Portland resident, spurred a series of city, state and federal investigations an...

Report exonerates Portland Police for role in bogus arrest Civilian oversight agency releases its recommendations on Portland Police involvement in 2017 incident. IAfter investigating seven Portland Police Bureau officers for their involvement in the 2017 arrest of Michael Fesser, the Independent Police Review has recommended the exoneration of six officers and to not sustain potential charges of misconduct against the other. PR, the civilian oversight agency for the city of Portland, found that the officers' conduct was "consistent with Portland Police practices regarding assisting ...

In February 2017, Portland police pulled over and arrested Portland resident Michael Fesser, despite not having any proof that he had committed a crime. All they had was a West Linn police officer's assurance that his police department had the incriminating evidence needed to legally arrest Fesser for theft. The Portland officers did not consider questioning this claim at the time: If they had, that would have discovered that there was no such evidence, and...

Portland police ‘unwittingly helped arrest a man based on a deeply flawed criminal investigation,’ review of Michael Fesser case finds Updated Mar 04, 2021; Posted Mar 04, 2021 Mike Stradley had enlisted Portland’s gang enforcement officers to assist West Linn in arresting Michael Fesser in 2017 on allegations that he stole from A&B Towing. Stradley told West Linn officers that Fesser was a gang associate. In a sworn deposition in Fesser’s civil suit, Stradley later admitted that he hadn’t had contact with Fesser for more than 20 years and had no direct knowledge that Fesser was ...

Public access to police discipline records gets hearing in Oregon Legislature Updated Feb 26, 2021; Posted Feb 22, 2021 Rob Bovett, legal counsel and legislative director of the Association of Oregon Counties, called the bill on a public database too broad, and suggested it might be amended to only require that finalized discipline be made public. LC- Facebook Share Two bills considered centerpieces of Oregon’s police reform agenda in the Legislature -- one to allow public access to police discipline records and the other to restrict arbitrators from overturning police discipline -- got ...