OACP News

We've been on a mission to discover creative ways agencies around the state are engaging with their community during these challenging times. We've learned that Chief Mitch Hicks of Columbia River Inter-Tribal Police Department, has leveraged their ability to obtain a good amount of financial rewards for COVID relief initiatives. They've established a great partnership with One Community Health and the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board to provide mobile COVID testing, food deliveries, isolation assistance, quarantine assistance, and contact tracing. Though not "traditional policing," they are meeting the needs of their community and their efforts have been positively received and well supported.

We will continue to use this platform to highlight the good work agencies around Oregon are involved in. Let us know how your agency is engaging and making a difference in your community.One of our favorite things to do is share these with fellow members.

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Oregon News

Portland officers injured after protester throws a nearly 10-pound rock, police say
CNN
The incident occurred on what CNN affiliate KOIN reported was the city's 79th consecutive night of protests in support of Black Lives Matter and against police brutality.
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Wapato Jail to become Bybee Lakes Hope Center to help the homeless
KATU
Portland's Wapato Jail is officially no more after a rededication ceremony Wednesday.
The never-used facility will from here on be known as the Bybee Lakes Hope Center and will serve as an outreach center and transitional housing facility for the homeless.
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Portland revises ban on its police working with federal law enforcement to allow talks with city-based federal authorities
Oregonlive
Portland officials modified a three-week-old policy that banned communication between Portland police and federal authorities to allow communications with state police and city-based federal staff.
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Family, down on its luck, finds a village in Medford
Mail Tribune
One of Medford’s newest families spent the past year hitting one roadblock after another before they unexpectedly found their “village,” made up of community members, total strangers and even local police.
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National News

Police counter protests, 'defund' push with retirements, resignations
The Washington Times
Police officers across the country, angered by budget cuts and a lack of support from left-leaning politicians, are fighting back by walking off the job.
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9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines
AP News
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s protection of the right to bear firearms.
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SEE IT: California cop saves man in wheelchair from being killed by train in dramatic rescue
Daily News
A northern California police officer saved a man’s life Wednesday, dragging him off train tracks seconds before an oncoming locomotive thundered past.
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Off-duty Stoneham police officer helps rescue pilot whose ultralight plane crashed into NH lake
7 News Boston
An off-duty Stoneham police officer jumped into action to help a pilot whose ultralight plane crashed into Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire on Sunday.
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