COP STATS <<Portland police have responded to fewer calls and made fewer arrests in the past five years but have used force in a higher percentage of the arrests, new data shows. The more frequent use of force likely stems from police focusing on more serious crimes, in part because of reduced staffing, said city-hired …
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4/8/2023 News Roundup
GUN SQUAD <<The Portland Police Bureau says two people have been taken into custody in connection to a February shooting in SE Portland. Officers responded Feb. 7 to the 8100 Block of Southeast Knight Street on reports of shots fired. While officers didn’t find any victims, the 911 caller reported believing someone may have been …
4/7/2023 News Roundup
SHOOTING <<A Lane County deputy shot and killed a man during a disturbance in Eugene Thursday night. Just before midnight, deputies were called to the report of a combative and intoxicated man at a home on Fisher Road, according to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. The man was holding what appeared to be a handgun …
3/23/2023 News Roundup
GANG SQUAD/GUN SQUAD <<In 2018, the City Auditor’s Office issued a pair of reports on Portland Bureau’s Gang Enforcement Team. The team has since been disbanded, replaced first by the short-lived Gun Violence Reduction Team and then the Enhanced Community Safety and Focused Intervention Teams, which still exist. That shouldn’t free the bureau from addressing …
2/23/23 News Update
RIOT COPS <<In January 2022, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced the city had discovered an offensive meme in police training materials. The discovery of the meme, which depicts violence against protesters and is affiliated with the far-right movement, ignited a firestorm. Now, more than a year later, the Portland Police Bureau is disciplining the officer …
2/18/23 News Update
RIOT CHARGES <<A soldier stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington exchanged text messages with people on the street in Portland, egging them on to smash windows and damage property and broke out windows himself at the Blazer Boys and Girls Club during protests in 2021, according to an indictment filed in court this month. …
2/9/23 *Special Edition*
POLICE UNION <<WW reviewed a list of arbitration decisions published by the state’s Employment Relations Board. The list is incomplete—until recently, arbitrators were not required to submit their decisions to the state. But a review of even this limited set of decisions illustrates the cycle’s persistence. Out of the 10 cases in the past two …
2/9/23 News Update
SHOOTING <<Two Albany police officers shot and killed a man in a mental health crisis Wednesday morning after the man pointed a gun at them, the Associated Press reports. The officers were initially responding to a welfare check for a man reported to be suicidal at a home in southwest Albany. The Albany Police Department …
2/4/23 News Update
LAWSUIT <<A Portland protester who was yanked off the street and thrown into a van by federal officers in 2020 has lost his case in federal appeals court, because… *checks notes*… Congress hasn’t made a law about the feds kidnapping citizens off the street?>> https://www.portlandmercury.com/good-afternoon-news/2023/02/03/46334872/good-afternoon-news-multcos-new-plan-to-house-homeless-today-in-wealthy-portland-crybabies-and-balloon-balloon-ballooooooooon SHOOTING <<The Marion County District Attorney’s Office says five Salem …
1/13/23 News Update
OPACITY <<Portland police Officer Joshua Dyk shot and killed 40-year-old Aaron Stanton on July 27 in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Southeast Portland. Less than four months later, Officer Christopher Sathoff fatally shot Immanuel Clark-Johnson, 30, near Reed College. But the public did not learn these names until December, when the Portland Police Bureau identified Dyk …