OACP News

Saturday, October 24 is Take Back Day. OACP Sponsor, Rali-OR, is eager to partner with agencies in Oregon to provide disposal drug pouches, and they are willing to send them to any agency interested in participating in Take Back Day. Reach out to Sophie LeRoux at [email protected] if you are interested.

If you have another event already scheduled, when you would like to provide pouches to your community members, Rali-OR wants to make them available to help you serve your community in this important way.

Due to Covid-19, National Night Out's new date is Tuesday, October 6. Pictures above are from past NNO when Stayton and Wilsonville PDs participated.

We encourage Oregon agencies to participate in this national community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships. 

Oregon News

Bend’s new police chief takes reins: Mike Krantz talks of tear gas, protests and trust
KTVZ
Bend's new police chief, chosen from the embattled city of Portland, was sworn in Monday, as Mike Krantz asked residents to give him a chance and not judge him by the violence that has racked that city in recent months.
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Director of Oregon’s public safety training agency retiring, taking job as head of National Fire Academy
Oregon Live
Eriks Gabliks, who has served for the past 10 years as head of the state agency that governs certification and training of police officers, firefighters, corrections officers and 911 dispatchers, is retiring and taking a job as superintendent of the National Fire Academy in Maryland.
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Governor commutes sentences for 66 more inmates, including 10 considered vulnerable to COVID
The Oregonian
Sixty-six Oregon inmates were approved for early release this week, Gov. Kate Brown’s office said Tuesday.
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Portland police union chief introduces 2022 ballot initiative to limit right to assemble
The Oregonian
A 2022 ballot initiative seeking to institute restrictions on the freedom of assembly -- and place liability on local governments if the limits are not followed -- was submitted Monday to the Oregon Secretary of State.
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National News

Newsom signs bill that compels gunmakers to adopt bullet-tracing technology
San Francisco Chronicle
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Tuesday that aims to compel gun manufacturers to adopt a bullet-tracing technology they have resisted for more than a decade.
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U.S. intelligence reports warn of extremist threat around election
Reuters
U.S. security officials are warning that violent domestic extremists pose a threat to the presidential election next month, amid what one official called a “witch’s brew” of rising political tensions, civil unrest and foreign disinformation campaigns.
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LEO rescues 14-year-old from Ill. house fire
Police1
A cop in a small Illinois community is being hailed a hero after he rescued a teenager from a house fire Tuesday. 
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After surge of federal agents ends, officials in KC tout results of Operation LeGend
The Kansas City Star
Days after it was announced that more than 200 federal agents and investigators involved in Operation LeGend have left Kansas City, local and federal officials gathered to talk about the results of the crime-fighting initiative.
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