OACP News

2021 Membership Card Campaign

Membership cards will be ordered for all new Active, Associate, Retired and Life members from the past year. Be looking for them in the mail in the next month. 

Misplaced your OACP membership card? Email [email protected] if you would like us to order you a new one.

Congratulations to Chief Gary McCullough (Coos Bay PD) on his retirement coming up at the end of June. Chief McCullough has been an OACP member since 2007 and has served on various committees and as the District 10 representative. The OACP wishes him a restful and happy retirement!

A Change of Command Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 15 at 5:45 pm for retiring Chief McCullough and incoming Chief Chapanar. OACP members are invited to attend. Please see the flyer here with the details.

Are you considering registering for IACP 2021? Things are looking different this year. Get all the information you need by clicking on the following link and listening in as the Executive Director & CEO of the IACP provides an update:  IACP Information

Oregon News

Study: Oregon’s red flag law working as intended, slow to be adopted
OPB
A study of Oregon’s extreme risk protection order law found the tool is working as intended but suggests wide adoption has been slow.
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Oregon bans guns from Capitol, demands safe storage in homes
Statesman Journal
It requires that firearms be secured with a trigger or cable lock, in a locked container or gun room.
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Oregon lawmakers make cocktails to-go permanent
Oregonlive
Senate Bill 317, which allows licensed establishments to sell “mixed drinks and single servings of wine in sealed containers for off-premises consumption,” previously passed the Oregon Senate in March. It cleared the House Tuesday by a vote of 51-7. The bill now moves to Gov. Kate Brown’s desk.
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National News

Swatara Township’s new police vehicle can go down stairs and into the woods
Patriot-News
The Swatara Township Police Department added a new vehicle that will allow them to go where patrol cars can’t.
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Supreme Court upholds tribal police in traffic stop, search
AP
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that tribal police officers can stop and search non-Indians on tribal lands for potential violations of state or federal law.
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With Homicides Rising, Cities Brace for a Violent Summer
The New York Times
Homicide rates in large cities were up more than 30 percent on average last year, and up another 24 percent for the beginning of this year, according to criminologists.
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