Update: Sandy, Clackamas County claim qualified immunity in 2020 officer shooting

Published 9:15 am Tuesday, July 4, 2023

By Jonathan Levinson, Oregon Public Broadcasting

Douglas Diamond, center, with his daughters Chelsea and Desiree. Diamond, a retired Washington County Sheriff's deputy, was shot and killed July 3, 2020, by officers conducting a welfare check at the request of his family.

The city of Sandy, Clackamas County, and three law enforcement officers want a federal judge to rule against the family of a man shot and killed by an unlicensed police officer during a welfare check.

In a court filing, a use-of-force expert hired by the family said the involved officers made fundamental tactical errors and failed to abide by standard use-of-force training.

Douglas Diamond’s daughter sued the city, the county and the officers last March in federal court, alleging they violated her father’s civil rights when they went to Diamond’s trailer in a Welches RV park for a welfare check and instead wound up shooting and killing him.

The lawsuit alleges an extraordinary level of negligence and haste on Collinson’s part.

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