Jonathan Levinson
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For the second time in seven years, the city of Portland could pay hundreds of thousands of dollars resulting from a lawsuit brought against former Portland police officer Robert Bruders.
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Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt is doing something few of his predecessors ever have. This week, he indicted a Portland police officer. Officer Corey Budworth is facing a misdemeanor assault charge for actions at a racial justice protest last year. It's the second time an officer has been charged for use of force during last summer's racial justice protests
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The Oregon Department of Justice is reviewing a Portland Police Bureau detective for possible criminal charges related to use of force at last summer’s racial justice protests.
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Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced Tuesday that his office indicted Portland Police Bureau officer Corey Budworth with one count of fourth degree assault.
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The Portland Police Association announced Monday that it is taking its ongoing contract negotiations with the city to mediation. The move means the partially public negotiations will move behind closed doors, as the two sides make their cases on the thorniest issues that remain unresolved.
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The Oregon Legislature removed any legal hurdles Monday that could have prevented Portland’s the new police oversight board from being stood up. That board, which voters approved in November with a landslide 80% support, will have the power to investigate use of force incidents and discipline officers.
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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s plan to respond to increasing gun violence inched closer to becoming reality Friday with the first meeting of a community oversight group that will work with the police bureau’s new Focused Intervention Team. The meeting comes two months after Wheeler and city council rushed through a package to address an urgent gun violence crisis in the city, circumventing the normal process allowing public testimony.
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The first of more than a dozen bills aimed at increasing police oversight and accountability in Oregon were passed by the Senate, clearing a final hurdle on the way to Gov. Kate Brown’s desk for signature.
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A study of Oregon’s extreme risk protection order law found the tool is working as intended but suggests wide adoption has been slow.
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The technology police use to search cellphones is part of a rapidly changing legal environment – an area where the Portland Police Bureau is precariously on the edge of what’s permissible in modern policing.