The OACP is expanding training opportunities at this year’s ELTS Conference, providing even greater value for your time and participation. This year’s program offers a dynamic mix of sessions focused on ethical leadership, organizational culture, wellness, and operational readiness. Attendees will gain tools to strengthen agency integrity, reduce misconduct, and build values-driven teams.
From navigating the aftermath of critical incidents to addressing hiring liability and learning from real-world response events, these sessions deliver practical insights for today’s law enforcement leaders—helping them lead with purpose, accountability, and resilience.
Among the featured sessions, OEDI will present on Artificial Intelligence, drawing in part from insights gathered through the member survey distributed earlier this year. This presentation will highlight how Oregon agencies are using AI, identify key policy and training gaps, and emphasize the importance of ethical oversight. Attendees will gain practical guidance to support responsible and transparent AI use within their own agencies.
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Last Thursday brought a successful close to the 2025 Small Agency Conference in Sunriver.
LE leaders gathered for an engaging, information-packed conference - sharing insights, learning new tools, and connecting in a relaxed setting.
Just one example of the great feedback received:
- "This was the first time I have attended the small agency conference. I thought it was very well done and a great opportunity for small agency chiefs to be heard and share information with each other. I was so impressed with the speakers you brought in, including the DOJ and the resources they can provide to the smaller agencies. It was a great conference!!"
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Service and leadership deserve recognition! As the Annual Awards Banquet nears, nominate a colleague who embodies commitment, integrity, professionalism and a passion for making a difference.”
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The Paul Nagy Award
The association has always attempted to recognize those members who have demonstrated the highest degree of leadership with high standards and efforts to assist OACP to meet its objectives and goals. Originally the highest award given was named the “Meritorious Service Award.” In 1989 the name of the Award was changed to the “Paul Nagy Award” in honor of the Chief of Police from The Dalles, who lost his battle with cancer.
Paul Nagy served the association in many capacities including several committees both in the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police but also representing OACP on IACP committees. Just prior to his death Paul was serving in the “Chairs” of this association where he served as President in 1987 and 1988. Paul Nagy was the epitome of a professional and a gentleman.
Members who served with Paul remember him as the first to welcome new members. He shook their hands and made them feel at home. He was a tremendous person who had the respect of all who knew and worked with him. Paul Nagy was awarded the Meritorious Service Award by the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police on April 16, 1987. It was thought by the OACP Board of Directors that it would be fitting to name the top award after Paul. He exemplified the Highest Standards of Professionalism in Law Enforcement and the Association members voted unanimously to identify its highest award, The Paul Nagy Award.
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Woodburn suspends Flock Safety license plate cameras amid concerns of federal ICE enforcement
Woodburn Independent
After multiple Woodburn residents raised concerns about the role surveillance cameras could play in aiding federal immigration arrests during the Nov. 10 council meeting, the city decided to pause its use of the system for at least two months.
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Measure 114 case in Oregon Supreme Court pits gun ownership tradition against public safety concerns
Oregon Capital Chronical
The hearing marked the culmination of arguments over Measure 114, which a narrow majority of Oregon voters approved in 2022. Advocates from both sides of the ongoing fight to implement one of the nation’s most stringent gun control provisions filled the courtroom in Salem.
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Judge permanently bars Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland in response to immigration protests
NBC News
"Oregon National Guard members have been away from their jobs and families for 38 days. The California National Guard has been here for just over one month. Based on this ruling, I am renewing my call to the Trump Administration to send all troops home now," Kotek said.
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Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge some protesters
IACP
The changes were put forward in early January under the Biden administration and were slated to take effect on Jan. 1 of next year but instead went into effect Wednesday. The administration said the rules were being changed ahead of time so they could address a “recent surge in violence.”
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Study: Children now fastest-growing group of human trafficking victims in one California county
East Bay Times
The Task Force’s eighth report on local human trafficking, based on data collected in 2023 and ’24, found that the youngest victim was 6 and that the average age of victimized minors was 14, meaning a significant segment of that group was age 13 or younger.
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AI Deepfakes Create Terrifyingly Realistic Death Threats
EWeek
The tech behind these threats is evolving at breakneck speed. In May, the FBI documented a coordinated campaign involving AI-enhanced smishing and vishing techniques targeting government officials since April.
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