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Portland police on Thursday released the latest quarterly report from its Police Review Board, summarizing misconduct cases reviewed between June 22, 2016 and Nov. 14, 2016.

(Maxine Bernstein)

A Portland police officer was fired after he got upset during an off-duty poker game at a friend's home, left and returned with his gun, menaced the friend's family and threatened to shoot a witness in the head, according to a chief's finding.

Another officer resigned under threat of firing for driving drunk in a patrol car while on duty to answer a call. Fellow officers detected alcohol on the patrol officers' breath, but the officer denied drinking. A lab test found the officer's blood-alcohol content was .08.

One officer retired instead of getting fired after he was found to have falsified his timekeeping sheet. He failed to disclose that he didn't work full shifts and showed up late and left early in April and May 2015, missing an hour or two each day.

The cases were detailed in a Portland Police Review Board report released Thursday of officer misconduct allegations and findings from last June 22 to Nov. 14.

The board releases quarterly reports on its examination of police internal investigations. The reports don't identify the officers by name. The board ranges from five to 7 voting members and includes an assistant chief, peer officer, the officer's commander or captain, the Independent Police Review Division director and a citizen member, and meets behind closed doors at the Police Bureau.

Former Police Chief Larry O'Dea reviewed some of the cases before he retired in late June while under criminal investigation for an off-duty shooting. Others were reviewed by Acting Chief Donna Henderson who was appointed to fill O'Dea's job and current Chief Mike Marshman.

The report also summarizes the case of Officer Jeromie L. Palaoro, who resigned last February and pleaded guilty to first-degree official misconduct after a woman said he responded to her domestic assault complaint and then went to her hotel room and coerced her into unwanted sexual contact. Though the report doesn't name him, it's clear the officer is Palaoro from the description.

The board's report indicated that Palaoro never filed a report with the Police Bureau on the woman's domestic violence complaint. Palaoro, a seven-year bureau member, was ordered to serve a year and a half on probation and lose his state police certification.

The board also reviewed an officer-involved shooting that occurred May 24. Police shot at but missed Timothy James Bucher, 63, during a standoff at a mobile home park. Bucher had been arguing with his wife and allegedly shot at neighbors' homes with an assault rifle. Police used a Taser, a police dog and tear gas in addition to what they called "cover shots."

According to the board's summary, Bucher was partially obscured by a door jamb but could be seen manipulating a high-powered rifle and pointing it at other officers.

Members of the bureau's Special Emergency Reaction Team fired gas into the home to move Bucher away from the home's windows, while other officers fired bullets at the door jamb, concerned that the SERT officers were exposed and at risk.

The board found the officers' actions consistent with bureau policy, but recommended that the bureau's directive on use of force include more information about the use of "cover fire.''

-- Maxine Bernstein

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