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Patrol
Portland Police Deploy TASER at Armed Man in Market
Portland (Ore.) PD police are seen firing multiple TASER shots at a 47-year-old man who was spotted shoplifting and then grabbed knives from a display rack in an aisle of a Whole Foods Store. Read the full story here.
November 18, 2013
Patrol
Slain Oregon Officer to Receive State Medal
On Tuesday, the Oregon Governor's Commission on the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor held an emergency meeting to consider a recommendation to award the Medal of Ultimate Sacrifice to fallen Oregon City Reserve Officer Robert Allen Libke.
November 5, 2013
Patrol
Shots Fired: Portland, Oregon 12/14/1996
After a mentally ill woman fired on a paramedic responding to her call that she ingested poison, Portland Police Officer Scott Westerman was tragically forced to counter her attack.
December 20, 2010
Patrol
Oregon Troopers Federally Deputized for Portland Protest Response
State police say they’re working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to review arrests made by troopers assigned to Portland for potential federal prosecution. The troopers assigned to Portland have been cross-deputized by the U.S. Marshals.
September 2, 2020
Patrol
Oregon State Police Called Back to Portland Over Escalating Violence
On Monday, Portland police said 29 people were arrested overnight after taking part in an unlawful gathering in northeast Portland where rocks and eggs were thrown at officers.
August 31, 2020
Training
Oregon Training Rules Could Prevent Portland from Hiring More Officers
The state requires that all new officers go to the state Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, and the academies the officers are required to complete are held at certain times with limited enrollment.
December 1, 2021
Patrol
Oregon Sheriff Considers Restructuring Mutual Aid Agreement with Portland Police
Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts had asked city leaders to cover the legal expenses of any deputy who is involved in a use-of-force incident, but that request was denied.
April 4, 2019
Patrol
Oregon Governor Plans to Save Portland with More Police, Less Drugs
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler in August asked Kotek to send nearly 100 state troopers to downtown Portland, to assist a city police force that says it is stretched too thin.
December 12, 2023
Patrol
Oregon State Police Leave Downtown Portland, Criticize DA for Failure to Prosecute Rioters
“At this time we are inclined to move those resources back to counties where prosecution of criminal conduct is still a priority,” said OSP Capt. Timothy Fox, in an apparent jab at District Attorney Mike Schmidt’s recent announcement that he would be dropping a significant portion of the more than 500 criminal cases brought over the course of the demonstrations.
August 14, 2020
Special Units
LEOs Earn Top Spots at FNH USA-Leupold Long Range Shooting Competition
After five full days of heated competition in extreme weather conditions, Officer Nate Mickle and PFC Rich McCampbell of the Baltimore County PD SWAT team took top overall team honors with 177 total points in the 2009 FNH USA - Leupold Long Range Precision Shooting Competition, which ended June 5th.
June 24, 2009
Patrol
ACLU Calls for Portland PD to Change Response to Trump Protests
Many observers have noticed a change in the tolerance level of police for protesters blocking streets under Mayor Ted Wheeler. Protests taking place in 2016, before Wheeler took office, included hours of blocked streets.
February 22, 2017
Patrol
Portland PD Chief Wants to Transform Training From 'Fear-Based' to 'Competency and Confidence'
A month into his new job as Portland's police chief, Mike Reese said Tuesday he wants to transform training from a "fear-based model" -- where officers are taught to think a motorist reaching toward a floorboard is going for a gun -- to one founded on "competency and confidence" -- where a mentally ill man isn't treated like a bank robber.
June 15, 2010
Patrol
Video: ACLU Calls for Portland PD to Change Response to Trump Protests
Many observers have noticed a change in the tolerance level of police for protesters blocking streets under Mayor Ted Wheeler. Protests taking place in 2016, before Wheeler took office, included hours of blocked streets.
February 22, 2017
Training
Oregon Recruit Shoots Fleeing Suspect
The Salem (Ore.) Police Department placed a recruit on administrative leave two weeks after he began patrol duties, after he shot a fleeing suspect in the leg, OregonLive.com reports.
February 17, 2010
Patrol
Armed Posse Patrols Oregon County
There's no room in the county jail for burglars and thieves. And the sheriff's department in a vast, rural corner of southwest Oregon has been reduced by budget cuts to three deputies on patrol eight hours a day, five days a week.
October 16, 2012
Patrol
Bitten Ore. Officer Slaps Boy
A Eugene (Ore.) Police officer appears to slap a 10-year-old boy who bit him during a custody dispute while the officer was attempting to return the child to his father. Read the full story here.
August 5, 2013
Patrol
Drunk Man TASERed at Ore. Airport
Port of Portland (Ore.) Police TASERed and arrested an intoxicated man at Oregon National Airport, after airline personnel told him he could not board the plane. Read the full story here.
July 2, 2013
Patrol
Oregon Bans Death Penalty
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber imposed a moratorium on all executions in the state, saying the death penalty is arbitrary, expensive, and "fails to meet basic standards of justice."
November 22, 2011
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