Police

A proposed set of conduct and discipline standards applicable to all law enforcement agencies in Oregon were published Monday.

Departments across the country have pledged to recruit more women in order to diversify their staffs and potentially reduce use of force by police. It's called the 30x30 initiative.

A person armed with a gun who reportedly fired several shots Wednesday night in Southeast Portland was shot and killed by an officer, according to the Portland Police Bureau.

According to the Salem Police Department, officers attempted to arrest a juvenile who was wanted for his alleged involvement in two shootings earlier this year. A shootout ensued and the young suspect was killed by police.

The program that assigns Gresham police to school buildings is on hold, with officers being reassigned to patrol duties. The city cited staffing shortages.

Questions posed about the safety of tear gas remain unanswered, even after more than a dozen U.S. senators asked a congressional watchdog to look into the issue.

A new state agency was mandated to start investigating police use of deadly force cases on July 1, but it appears it actually won’t be ready for months.

The Washington Supreme Court says a person's race and ethnicity must be taken into account when deciding whether they were free to leave an encounter with police.

The U.S. Justice Department is opening a sweeping civil rights investigation into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agency has looked the other way in the face of beatings of mostly Black men, including the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.

Plaintiffs describe being taken in unmarked vans, being deliberately shot at with rubber grenades and being wantonly hit on the head, among other complaints.