Police

Oregon State Police confirmed the investigation into an alleged assault involving a K-9 handler with the Bend Police Department.

Every City Council member is crafting their own ideas for how to spend the money. This week, Commissioner Mingus Mapps put his proposal on the table - one he predicts will be potentially the most contentious ask made during the upcoming budget monitoring process, a period when council members make changes to the budget they approved in the summer.

Vancouver's Community Task Force on Policing provided a rare opportunity for hands-on reform by people outside of the department. Its final meeting was Sept. 1.

A city-commissioned evaluation of Portland Street Response says the program, which dispatches a team of unarmed first responders to non-emergency mental health and homelessness calls, should be expanded citywide.

After two years of analysis, policy discussions, negotiations and a dedicated task force, the Vancouver Police Department is getting body cameras.

Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney Jon Tunheim found the police officers who used deadly force against Michael Forest Reinoehl were “justified under Washington State law."

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said Friday he hopes to reinstate a police bureau program to rehire recently retired police officers in an attempt to shore up the bureau’s staffing and help tackle a worsening gun violence crisis.

The tepid police response has led some in Portland to doubt that the bureau is doing everything in its power to respond to emergency calls. An email obtained by OPB shows that skepticism is not limited to protesters - it has reached the highest level at City Hall.

At least three Portland police officers under investigation for incidents during last summer’s historic racial justice protests, won’t face criminal prosecution, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

The Clark County Sheriff's Office held a funeral procession at 11 a.m. on Tuesday for Detective Jeremy Brown, who was shot and killed while on duty July 23.