Portland Police Bureau

Tense demonstrations outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland were declared a riot Saturday as federal officers once again faced off with protesters.

Wilson’s letter reverses the city’s course from last year. City attorneys had contended the jury misunderstood Oregon’s new use of force laws and, in September, got the OK from the Portland City Council to move forward.

We talk with the founders, as well as a student and a police officer who have participated in the program designed to connect students of color with members of law enforcement.

Journalists and legal observers claimed they endured police uses of force multiple times during the 2020 protests despite their rights to be present and document events.

A proposal to tweak Portland's new oversight committee could have led to a robust discussion, but it instead ended with uncertainty for the proposal and lingering frustrations for attendees.

The report gives some insight into how Portland police have, and haven’t, changed after the protests of 2020.

Portland Police Chief Bob Day acknowledged that the cameras have limits. He cautioned that they are still “a work in progress” for the bureau.

Communication between Wilma Acosta’s family and the Portland Police Bureau illustrates some of the challenges in missing and murdered Indigenous people cases.

City attorneys argue the courts have misinterpreted new additions to Oregon's use of force laws.

The postdated decision will put more of the oversight board’s future in the hands of Portland’s new, 12-member council.