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The Portland Police Bureau (PPB), officially the Portland Bureau of Police, is the law enforcement agency of the city of Portland, the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Bureau is the largest city law enforcement agency in Oregon. As of September 2024, the Bureau has around 800 sworn members, 35 cadets, and over 300 professional staff.
The bureau, originally named the Portland Metropolitan Police Force, was established in 1870 by the Portland City Council. The Council appointed James Lappeus as its first chief of police, in charge of a force with six patrolmen and one lieutenant, at a time when the population of Portland was less than 9,000. [ 2 ]
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[2] [4] [8] As Chief, Day has been notable for an increase in "broken windows policing" and a crack down on property and vehicle theft. [9] [10] [11] His term has also dealt with a significant increase in public drug use, which was thought to be fueled by Oregon's temporary decriminalization of hard drugs and the rise of fentanyl use. [12]
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It houses Portland Police Bureau's Central Precinct on the bottom floors, [2] followed by the Multnomah County Detention Center (one of the two county jails) [3] and PPB's headquarters on the top floors. It also contains four court rooms of the Multnomah County Circuit Court, used mainly for arraignments. [4]
The Portland Police Bureau confirmed in a letter to Hardesty that the officers' actions were an act of retaliation. [45] Additionally, as a result of an internal affairs investigation, two of the officers involved received formal disciplinary action, and the former union president was fired by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler .
Portland State University (BS, MPA) Michael Reese is an American law enforcement officer who currently serves as Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections . He previously served as the 40th sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon (2016–2022), and Chief of the Portland Police Bureau .