Announced before holiday weekend, emergency ordinance skirts transparency, authorizes PPB to bolster shields and munitions inventory The day before Memorial Day weekend began, Portland City Council abruptly scheduled a May 29 vote to authorize Portland Po ...
27 May 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden and K. Rambo
Multnomah County jails reported 9 deaths in the past 2 years, more than the prior 7 years combined. Hurley’s sister wants to know more about the circumstances surrounding her brother’s death. Editor's note: This story discusses drug use, mental illne ...
4 Oct 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
The city paid for 218 bodily injury and property damage claims against police since 2020 The city of Portland spent almost $6.75 million resolving claims against the Portland Police Bureau since 2020, including over $3 million settling wrongful death clai ...
28 Jun 2023 - Piper McDaniel
The Portland Ombudsman’s office says U visa program needs policy and training updates Editor’s note: This story discusses domestic violence. An investigation shows the Portland Police Bureau wrongly dismissed dozens of visa applications from undocumented ...
21 Jun 2023 - Piper McDaniel
The city has settled dozens of claims and lawsuits and more are pending So far, the city of Portland has paid over $2.8 million resolving police use of force lawsuits and claims stemming from the racial justice protests that roiled the city in 2020. The M ...
5 Apr 2023 - Piper McDaniel
After a brief dip in PPB funding after 2020 protests, PPB budget reaches record $249 million Portland faces record levels of gun violence and homicide. As of July 21, there have been 91 homicides in Portland in the past year, and from January through Ju ...
3 Aug 2022 - Piper McDaniel
The 1945 police killing of Ervin Jones left an impact on his family for generations. Now, his relatives hope to change the record surrounding his death. Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of racism and police violence. From the d ...
15 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Multnomah County Sheriff's Office did not confirm if the coin violated the office's policy or professional standards The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says the Professional Standards Unit was “not able to confirm” what an abbreviation on a s ...
18 May 2022 - K. Rambo
An illustration of a burning Multnomah County Justice Center and a secretive abbreviation are among the content of a law enforcement challenge coin now being reviewed by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Professional Standards Unit. Several 2020 Port ...
13 Apr 2022 - K. Rambo
Adam Allen was walking home from a bar when police knocked him down in North Portland, says tort claim Adam Allen had just moved back to Portland after spending five years on the East Coast when he decided to meet an old friend for a drink on Aug. 9. He h ...
19 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy