OACP News

Have you seen our new Members' Only slider images? Meet our newest OACP Life Members. Other slider images will be featured here in the weeks to come.

Dealing with budget cuts?
With inevitable budget cuts because of COVID-19, agencies may find themselves needing to eliminate police positions. Do you have officers you have to let go, and would prefer finding another agency who could benefit from hiring them? Consider using OACP’s Sound Off to pass this information on to other chiefs.

Chief Fossholm retires from the Silverton Police Department.
Congratulations to Chief Fossholm! The OACP thanks him for his service and wishes him all the best in his future endeavors. Pictured above is Executive Director, Kevin Campbell, presenting Chief Fossholm with his Life Member OACP Retirement plaque.

Due to on-going COVID issues and civil unrest, which has added an extra burden to so many members during this time, the OACP Online Auction has been postponed until a later time. We'll let you know when we have a new date finalized.

Oregon News

Gresham police chief retires after 46 years in law enforcement
Fox 12 Oregon
Gresham’s chief of police retired on Thursday, ending a more than 46 year career in law enforcement in Oregon and California, according Gresham city officials.
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Oregon Supreme Court hears PERS case
East Oregonian
Whether lawmakers went too far last year in changing the public-pension system to reduce its future obligations is now in the hands of the Oregon Supreme Court.
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Brown announces Oregon special session next week on police accountability, COVID-19
Statesman Journal
The Oregon Legislature will meet for a special session June 24 to take action on police accountability, respond to the coronavirus pandemic and complete unfinished business from the legislative session earlier this year.
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Demonstrators knock down Pioneer statues during protests at University of Oregon
Fox 12 Oregon
Protesters on Saturday tore down two historic statues at The University of Oregon.
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National News

Off-duty firefighter, also a police lieutenant, saves woman, cat, from blaze
The Observer Online
The quick thinking of an off-duty volunteer Lyndhurst firefighter, who also happens to be a police lieutenant, helped to save the life of a woman and her cat.
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Seattle reaches deal with 'CHOP' to remove temporary roadblocks, replace with concrete barriers
Fox News
The city of Seattle and protesters occupying the “Capitol Hill Organized Protest” have reached an agreement that will remove temporary roadblocks put in place by protesters and replace them with concrete barriers.
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Trump signs order on police reform after weeks of protests about racial injustice
Reuters
President Donald Trump, facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in the United States, signed an order on Tuesday that he said would reform police practices even as he pressed for “law and order” nationwide.
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Tennessee deputy thanks two black women he says paid for his meal, left note: ‘BLM but so does yours’
News Channel 3
A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy posted a photo on Facebook of a sweet note he says he received from two women at a Nashville restaurant.
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