Oregon
Bridging the communication gap in online crime reporting
From enabling applicants to sign up on the spot to prioritizing officer wellness, Oregon’s largest police agency has reinvigorated its recruitment strategy
A snow patrol deputy conducts a roadside assist among Oregon’s Blue Mountains
LEOs interviewed said the law decriminalizing small amounts of heroin and other street drugs is ineffective and they believe it negatively affects public safety
Found in the evidence room without a case number, Sgt. Adam Slater created a Facebook post that led to the scrapbook being returned
The driver told authorities he had reached 183 mph
People with small amounts of methamphetamine, heroin and LSD are subject to non-criminal violations and given the choice to call a statewide hotline or pay a $100 fine
Twenty-two officers have been moved into the traffic patrol division for one month to focus on impaired drivers and the deadliest city streets
The move ends Portland’s status of being the largest municipal police agency in the nation without body-worn cameras
The selection of a civilian head of training is one of the steps the Police Bureau agreed to take to comply with the city’s settlement with the DOJ
In addition to his corrections work, reserve officer Joseph Johnson volunteered as a firefighter and contributed to his community as a private security officer
Nyssa officer Joseph Johnson was shot while he was still in his vehicle after pulling the suspect over
Nyssa officer Joseph Johnson, 43, died after a man he had pursued in a car shot at him
People are still searching alongside Interstate 5 outside of Eugene as family members ask the public to return any cash to the state police
The school’s president cited rising dangers, weapon sightings and a lack of support from Portland police around campus as reasons for the reversal
Gov. Tina Kotek is also asking for nearly $7 million to clear the LE training backlog that has prevented new LEOs from being deployed
Mayor Ted Wheeler ordered the patrols in response to a large number of overdoses around the abandoned building
Trooper Andrew Tuttle had stopped to help when a man holding the driver at gunpoint opened fire on the trooper
Joffre Zelinski reportedly laughed “maniacally” as he chased a pedestrian and shouted, “I literally stole this”
One trooper involved had “documented history of making poor decisions,” which led to his removal from the state police SWAT team in Feb. 2015
After returning from a bathroom break, Edi Villalobos Jr. bolted out of the courtroom after officers removed his cuffs and shackles
In December, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said a lax approach from prosecutors could lead to store closures
A state trooper was outside his vehicle removing stop sticks that had been placed to stop the driver when the car crashed head-on into a patrol vehicle
At question is officers being directed to write a statement about what happened before reviewing video footage and writing a supplemental report after
Portland remains the only city of the 75 largest municipal police agencies in the nation without body cameras
Many agencies have dropped degree requirements in recent years because of recruitment difficulties
Local governments can’t declare themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries and ban police from enforcing certain gun laws within their border
Suspect struck in head with butt of shotgun while reaching for what was later determined to be a replica gun
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