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May 4, 2022

Click here or on the photo above for the 2022 Annual Awards Banquet video.

 

Oregon Accreditation Awards Presented at the Annual Awards Banquet

Congratulations to the following agencies who were awarded accreditation from the January and April 2022 board meetings. The number of times they were accredited is followed in parentheses. See the photos below of the agencies who were in attendance at the awards banquet to receive the award in person.

Sunriver Police Department (6)
Hubbard Police Department (2)
Prineville Police Department (3)
Independence Police Department (3)
Salem Police Department (5)
Tigard Police Department (2)
Keizer Police Department (2)

Milwaukie Police Department (4)
Bend Police Department (7)
Sherwood Police Department (4)
Toledo Police Department (2)
Eugene Police Department (4)
Umatilla Police Department (4)

 

OACP Committees

Click here for a description of each committee and a list of all those who have signed up as of May 3. If you would like to sign up to participate in a committee, please fill out this short form - here. Please remember, in order to be on the committee, you need to submit the sign-up form. Please do so now.

For last year's committee roster, click here.

 

We value your input. If you attended the conference, please take a moment to give us your feedback.  Click here for the conference survey.

All the training sessions were recorded, and will be sent out to all who registered for the conference as soon as editing is complete.

 

Word on the street is that the Small Agency committee is planning a
Small Agency Conference for
August 31 - September 2, 2022
in Sunriver.

 

More information to come.

Oregon honors 192 fallen law enforcement officers; 3 names added to Memorial Wall


SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The State of Oregon remembered and honored 192 fallen law enforcement officers, and the families they left behind, during a memorial ceremony on Tuesday afternoon, attended by Governor Kate Brown.

The names of three fallen Oregon law enforcement officers were approved for addition to the state memorial and honored at this year's ceremony; S. Allen Burdic of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, EOW (end of watch) 3/11/21; John R. Burright of the Oregon State Police, EOW 5/4/21; and Carl L. Frazier of the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, EOW 10/9/1979.

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Oregon News

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OSP starts drug ‘Anonymous Analysis Program’
Fox26
With overdose deaths on the rise in Oregon, Oregon State Police are offering a unique program to help combat the problem.
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Violence follows fentanyl trade: ‘Your local pill dealer is now an armed drug trafficker’

Oregonlive
The fentanyl trade hasn’t only contributed to rising overdose deaths but also to armed robberies, shootings and even kidnappings and killings, federal agents and police say.
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Portland Mayor to Propose $3.9M for More Unarmed Police Jobs
U.S. News & World Report
Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler is planning to propose spending $3.9 million to add 28 unarmed public safety specialists to the Police Bureau.
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Portland police shift resources to address rising homicides
AP News
As homicides in Portland, Oregon, continue to increase and with resources stretched “very thin”, Police Chief Chuck Lovell announced Tuesday he is shifting detectives from other divisions to help investigate recent killings.
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National News

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Lawmakers Look to Ban Use of Sexual-Assault Victim DNA in Unrelated Cases
WSJ
Proposed bills in California, New York follow case in San Francisco in which victim’s DNA was used to link her to a property crime.
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Washington state sees spike in smash-and-grabs at trailheads, prompting more patrols
Fox News
WSP attributed this rise to more people using the trails with the spring weather.
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King County’s Cannabis Safety Taskforce closer to reality
KIRO7
The creation of the taskforce is in response to the recent slate of marijuana store robberies across the county.
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OACP Weekly Update

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