OACP News

Nominate a Peer for an OACP Award

The Annual Conference is fast approaching and with it comes an opportunity to recognize fellow members by nominating them for an award. Although OACP's budget may not allow for traditional award plaques, we still want to acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments of OACP members in some meaningful way. Take a moment to read through the descriptions and consider which of your peers you may want to nominate.

Click here for descriptions of all the awards and their criteria, and to download a copy of the OACP Award Nomination form.

All award nominations are due by April 12, 2021. 

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Datec Mobile Solutions
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Lehr Auto
Meridian Rapid Defense Group
Rafilson Group, Inc.
Safe Fleet - COBAN & Mobile-Vision

Oregon News

Nonunanimous juries — recently ruled unconstitutional — convicted hundreds sitting in Oregon prisons. Now, they want a fair trial.
Oregonlive
Hundreds of Oregonians convicted by nonunanimous juries hope to have their cases retried after an April U.S. Supreme Court decision in a Louisiana case that determined such verdicts unconstitutional.
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Bills aimed at gun violence work their way through Oregon Legislature
KATU
Even before recent shootings in Colorado and Georgia, a handful of gun bills to address gun violence have been working their way through the Oregon Legislature this session.
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Debate boils on bill to end Measure 11′s mandatory minimum sentences for most crimes in Oregon
Oregonlive
Opposing sides offered a distillation Tuesday of the debate over Measure 11 in the first legislative hearing on a bill that would remove mandatory minimum sentencing requirements for violent crimes in Oregon except murder.
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National News

House votes to award Congressional Gold Medals for Capitol Police, other authorities in Jan. 6 riot
USA Today
The House voted Wednesday to award Capitol police, Metropolitan police and other law enforcement agencies with the Congressional Gold Medal, for protecting lawmakers, staffers, reporters and visitors from insurrectionists on Jan. 6.
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Supreme Court wrestles with complex questions of tribal power arising from late-night traffic stop
USA Today
The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with a dispute over when Native American police officers may detain non-Native suspects, delving into thorny issues of tribal sovereignty that have vexed the federal government for generations. 
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U.S. appeals court rules states may restrict people from openly carrying guns in public
Los Angeles Times
A divided federal appeals court, upholding a Hawaii gun regulation, decided Wednesday that states may restrict the open carrying of guns in public.
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