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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2014

Off-Duty Oregon Officer Rescues Two Men From Burning Vehicle

Off-duty Washington County Sheriff's corporal Cheryl Crecelius rescued two men from a burning vehicle after she arrived upon the scene Saturday night in rural Washington County near Gaston, Ore.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleMarch 4, 2014

Reserve Officers: For Love of the Job

At minimum, an LASD reserve officer's service will include logging 20 hours a month regardless of obligations posed by the reserve's regular job and family responsibilities. He may find himself working his own patrol car, standing guard in the cold along a parade route, or handling that "change of shift" report nobody else wanted.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 27, 2014

Loser of Police Force Lawsuit Must Pay Court Costs

Elizabeth Evon Nichols, an Occupy Portland protester who was pepper sprayed by a Portland police officer in fall 2011, sued the city for excessive force and lost. Now she must pay the city $7,116 in court costs.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 17, 2014

Video: Woman's Meth-Fueled Joy Ride in Stolen Cruiser

As deputies scoured the crime scene, Axmaker climbed behind the wheel of a responding deputy's patrol car and led the cops on a "Dukes of Hazzard" pursuit down back roads and around blind curves.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 26, 2013

Police: Ore. Meth User Masturbates in Bar, Fights Off Officers

It took a TASER and more than a dozen officers on Sunday to finally subdue Andrew Frey inside Iggy's Bar & Grill on Portland Road Northeast, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 9, 2013

Ore. Deputy Wounded in Gunfight with GTA Suspect

A Marion County, Ore., Sheriff's deputy is in fair condition after being wounded in a gunfight with a man in a rural area Friday. The suspect was also wounded.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 25, 2013

Remains of Oregon Officer's Killer Removed from Veterans Cemetery

The ashes of Lawrence Cambra, the man who killed Oregon City (Ore.) Reserve Officer Robert Libke this month, were removed from a military cemetery Thursday after officials were alerted to what he had done.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 19, 2013

Video: Portland Police Deploy TASER at Armed Man in Market

Police said they fired 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 Portland, Ore., Whole Foods Store.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 14, 2013

Ore. DA's Office Bombing Investigated by FBI, ATF

Specially trained technicians from the FBI, the ATF and Oregon State Police descended on Medford Wednesday to investigate an explosion that sounded like a thunder clap and blew the windows out of the Jackson County District Attorney's Office.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 7, 2013

Portland Police Agree to TASER Policy Changes

The police union waived its right to challenge proposed changes to the Police Bureau's use of force and Taser policies -- although it's unclear what final changes the city agreed to make.

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