OACP News

 
Hello OACP members:

Our Virtual Leadership Symposium is only a few days away! Please register for this training opportunity as we navigate COVID-19 restrictions. Our training committee has assembled a roster of great speakers. Take advantage of these online presentations to fulfill your required training hours! OACP is depending on your participation! Thanks and I will see you all starting November 9!

~ OACP President Chief Jim Ferraris

OACP's Sponsors for the Virtual Leadership Symposium:

Comprised of more than 45 non-profit organizations, The Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) is a public health group committed to the safety of prescription drugs and protecting consumers against counterfeit, substandard or otherwise unsafe medicines. Click here for more information.

LeadsOnline is a technology service helping law enforcement catch criminals while helping businesses reduce the hassles of reporting. Click here for more information.

Begins: Saturday, December 5 at 9:00 am
Ends: Sunday, December 6 at 3:00 pm

Thanks to Chief Don Taylor (Turner PD) for his hard work preparing for this creative fundraiser. More information to come.

To participate, join the Facebook Group:
Oregon Association Chiefs of Police Facebook Auction

Oregon News

Salem selects next police chief: Trevor Womack
Statesman Journal
City leaders have selected Trevor Womack to serve as Salem's next police chief, the city announced Saturday morning.
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Veteran fire administrator to serve as interim director of Oregon’s public safety training agency
The Oregonian
A longtime fire administrator was tapped Monday to serve as interim director of the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training.
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Feds seek emergency hold on judge’s 9-square block restriction outside courthouse in Portland as they appeal
The Oregonian
Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice late Tuesday asked a federal judge to put an emergency hold on his order restricting federal officers’ actions outside the downtown courthouse in Portland as the government appeals.
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National News

Tennessee police officer praised for quick thinking after saving choking baby
Fox23News
A Tennessee police department is praising one of its officers for his quick thinking after he saved the life of a choking baby boy.
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Supreme Court Considers How to Decide if Teenagers Should Serve Life Without Parole
The New York Times
The justices considered precedents that said only “permanently incorrigible” juvenile offenders ought be sentenced to die in prison.
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Record early vote leads to tranquil Election Day at polls
AP
Despite fears of clashes at polling places, chaos sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and confusion due to disinformation and swiftly-changing voting rules, millions across the U.S. cast ballots in a historically contentious election with few problems.
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