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Professional Standards Office

Report Abuse - Denunciar abusoFile a Complaint - Presentar una queja


The mission of the Professional Standards Office (PSO) is to help eliminate organizational conditions which may foster, permit, or encourage inappropriate behavior by OYA employees. PSO ensures that the integrity of the agency is maintained through a system of fair, objective, and impartial administrative investigation and review.

PSO's responsibilities include:
  • enhancing OYA youth access to reporting abuse by administering the OYA Hotline, youth safety surveys, and an online electronic complaint form
  • investigating allegations of staff misconduct (ethics/boundary/relationship issues), or any other investigation as requested by the director or designee
  • ensuring OYA's continued compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
  • coordinating the agency’s complaint process by receiving, recording, tracking, and referring to the appropriate entity youth safety complaints made against the agency or its employees
  • assisting with staff training in the areas of ethics, boundaries, and other applicable policies
  • providing reports that summarize the nature and disposition of all youth safety complaints received by the agency
  • analyzing trends to identify and correct organizational conditions that may allow misconduct to occur


Contact

OYA Reporting Line: 1-800-315-5440

OYA Professional Standards Office
530 Center St. NE, Suite 500
Salem, OR 97301-3777

Phone: 503-378-5313
Fax: 503-373-1460 

Tim Thrasher (Chief Investigator)
971-600-7423 work cell  Tim.Thrasher@oya.oregon.gov

Catherine Davidson (Deputy Chief Investigator)
971-493-9360 work cell  Catherine.Davidson@oya.oregon.gov 

Carissa Stuckart (Assistant to Chief Thrasher)
503-378-5313
Carissa.R.Stuckart@oya.oregon.gov

Isabel Ramirez-Falcon (Office Specialist)
503-373-7241
Maria.Ramirez-Falcon@oya.oregon.gov

Santiago 'Jimmy' Puente (Investigator 3)

971-600-5050 work cell
Santiago.J.Puente@oya.oregon.gov

Julie Wusz (Investigator 3)
971-453-2932 work cell
Julie.A.Wusz@oya.oregon.gov

Joan Palmateer (Investigator 3)
971-493-9160 work cell
Joan.Palmateer@oya.oregon.gov

Troy Fuller (Investigator 3)

971-218-1396 work cell
Troy.Fuller@oya.oregon.gov

Derek Lowe (Investigator 3)

971-493-8358 work cell
Derek.Lowe@oya.oregon.gov

Travis Stephens (Temp Investigator 3)

971-900-7971 work cell
Raymond.Stephens@oya.oregon.gov