BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 RDATE:20170312T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 RDATE:20171105T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170301T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170301T183000 LOCATION:Legal Research Center - Lower Student Lounge GEO:45.45177;-122.677216 SUMMARY:Tackling the Racial & Ethnic Disparity DESCRIPTION:In this informational panel\, come hear from Multnomah County DA Rod Underhill\, Portland Police Chief Mike Marshman\, and Multnomah C ounty Sheriff Mike Reese about the policy changes they've made using data from the Racial and Ethnic Disparities (RED) report. This month\, Multn omah County is launching an exciting and innovative program\, called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD)\, which will allow officers (pre-bo oking!) to redirect low-level drug offenders to community-based services instead of jail and prosecution. This program is but one part of an ongoi ng systemic revolution in directly addressing the racial and ethnic dispa rity in Multnomah County's criminal justice system. By critically analyzi ng the Relative Rate Index (RRI) data\, that is\, the rates at which pers ons of color are disproportionately arrested and referred for prosecution for certain crimes\, Multnomah County has been able to intelligently cra ft policies to dramatically impact this disparity and create an ever more just system. One-hour panel discussion to begin at 5:30 pm\, with a 30 minute \;Q&\;A and reception to follow. Event is open to the pu blic. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
In this informational panel\, come hear from Multnomah County DA Rod Underhill\, Portland Police Chief Mike Mars hman\, and Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese about the policy changes t hey've made using data from the Racial and Ethnic Disparities (RED) repor t.
This month\, Multnomah County is l aunching an exciting and innovative program\, called Law Enforcement Assi sted Diversion (LEAD)\, which will allow officers (pre-booking!) to redir ect low-level drug offenders to community-based services instead of jail and prosecution. This program is but one part of an ongoing systemic revo lution in directly addressing the racial and ethnic disparity in Multnoma h County's criminal justice system. By critically analyzing the Relative Rate Index (RRI) data\, that is\, the rates at which persons of color are disproportionately arrested and referred for prosecution for certain cri mes\, Multnomah County has been able to intelligently craft policies to d ramatically impact this disparity and create an ever more just system.
One-hour panel discussion to begin at 5:30 pm\, with a 30 minute \;Q&\;A and reception to follow. Event is open to the public.
UID:20170302T013000Z-222511@www.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20170112T111330Z URL:https://www.lclark.edu/live/events/222511-tackling-the-racial-ethnic- disparity CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20170307T013701Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:222511 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:In this informational panel\, come hear from Multnoma h County DA Rod Underhill\, Portland Police Chief Mike Marshman\, and Mul tnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese about the policy changes they've made us ing data from the Racial and Ethnic Disparities (RED) report. Event is op en to the public. Questions? Contact Sarah Fine at sfine@lclark.edu. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR