Oregon

In the first year after the new approach took effect, only 1% of people who received citations for possessing controlled substances sought help

Individual plaques dedicated to fallen officers were missing pictures and names had been scratched out

Officers sent a robot into a crawlspace and found signs the suspect was burrowed deep underneath a house

Portland police hired 80 new officers in the past year, but more than half of them haven’t started due to lack of training academies

Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell wants to reduce gun violence and traffic fatalities, improve school safety, use technology to keep drugs out of county jails and more

Gov. Brian Kemp's statement came after an activist claimed to set an Ore. bank on fire in solidarity with those fighting against Atlanta’s public safety training center

The judge has not made a final determination on the constitutionality of any of Measure 114's provisions

The city’s response to the problems on Milton Street showcases potential solutions to entrenched public-safety problems in Portland

Some of the cases encompassed face-to-face “person crimes,” where defendants were charged with beating, assaulting or threatening the safety of victims

The conversation started in the wake of a third shooting outside a school in the last two months

The issue has been placed on hold until questions about its constitutionality can be decided

The judge, who has until Friday to issue a ruling, didn't rule on a motion to freeze a ban on gun magazines containing more than 10 rounds

DNA from a bullet casing recovered from a homicide scene matched a DNA profile that had been mistakenly entered into the database

Some parts of Oregon have seen record seizures as police raid plantation after plantation

The ruling happened just hours after a federal judge allowed the ban on the sale and transfer of high-capacity magazines to take effect this week