News A 26-year-old man from Boring, Ore., has filed a $3 million federal lawsuit against Clackamas County and Taser International alleging he suffered serious injuries from being Tasered. According to the lawsuit filed Dec. 1 in U.S. District Court, Paul Streeter was at Clackamas Town Center with his father on Dec. 2, 2008. The suit says Streeter's dad called 9-1-1 as a result of Streeter's "actions ...   More

News City Auditor Lavonne Griffin-Valade has taken on a controversial topic a few weeks into her term: investigating Taser use by the Portland Police Bureau. Griffin-Valade tells WW she kicked off the audit Monday with a conference in Police Chief Rosie Sizer's office among Sizer, city audit staff, and Leslie Stevens, director of accountability and professional standards at the Police Bureau. The ...   More