Consultants: Ordered training of police unit ‘disappointing’

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — City consultants have found that court-ordered training for a specialized crowd control unit run by Portland police turned out to be “overall disappointing” and led by an instructor who at times “appeared dismissive” of the judge’s ruling. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the training occurred in March before members of the Rapid Response Team resigned en masse last month. That came a day after one of its officers was indicted on a misdemeanor assault charge and accused of striking a woman in the head with a baton last summer. The new report from the Chicago-based Rosenbaum & Associates says he team’s officers “did not seem to take the training seriously.”