Bergin and Marquis Team Up For Deadly Force Protocols

by Staff

Astoria, Ore – Sheriff Tom Bergin and District Attorney Josh Marquis are convening a work group to comply with requirements of Oregon State Senate Bill 111 which sets up protocols for the way in which officer-involved shootings are handled.

The members of the committee are dictated in part by statute but also include members selected by the Sheriff and District Attorney.

The group includes Bergin and Marquis, as well as Oregon State Police Sergeant Andrew Merila, Warrenton Police Chief Robert Maxwell, Astoria Police Officer Ken Hansen and Astoria resident Mel Jasmin.

The work group will meet at 1 pm. February 4th, in the conference room at the Sheriff’s Office to review a draft of protocols. After that meeting a formal draft will be prepared and public comment will be solicited.

After the group adopts the protocols it goes to the County Commission and City Council of all Clatsop County cities with police departments. If two-thirds of those bodies approve it, the protocols will be permanently adopted.

Oregon State Senate Bill 111
This measure requires each county to create a deadly force authority chaired by the sheriff and the district attorney.

This authority is required to develop a plan to deal with issues involved in the use of deadly force and collect information from any situations involving deadly force in the county.

In addition, the police training agency is required to increase training of law enforcement officers in the appropriate use of deadly force.

Deadly Force Rarely Used Locally
Astoria has had one incident of deadly force in the last fifty years when, on June 16, 2004, two Astoria Police Department officers responded to a call. Astoria High School Principal Larry Lockett reported that someone was cutting power lines down and responding officers were attacked by Douglas Eugene Pollock ,Jr, wielding a baseball bat.

The man had a unfortunate history of mental instability and while the officers tried subduing him with conversation the man came at them quickly, swinging a baseball bat with full force striking one of the officers. The other officer shot him.

Both officers involved in the incident were exonerated after an investigation conducted by Clatsop County Major Crimes team, which included Oregon State Police and the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office.

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