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The state's largest multiple homicide was the 1887 slaughter of 34 Chinese gold miners at the Hells Canyon Massacre. Other notable multiple homicides include the 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting (ten killed in mass shooting on college campus), the Oregon Museum Tavern shooting (five killed in Ladies' Night shooting), and the 2022 Bend ...
In 1990, after enduring increasing homophobia in Colorado, Michelle Abdill and Roxanne Ellis moved from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Medford, Oregon. [1] The couple met in Colorado, where Ellis — divorced with two children — worked as an obstetrics nurse. Abdill got a job in the same doctor's office, and they eventually became life ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Oregon.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 174 law enforcement agencies employing 6,695 sworn police officers, about 177 for each 100,000 residents.
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The economic impact of crime in Oregon was an estimated $14.9 billion in 2023, according to a report released by the Common Sense Institute this week. That is a cost of $3,509 per Oregon resident.
State (city) Description 2010-04-30: Wehinger, Adam Eiman (34) Oregon (Medford) Wehinger barricaded himself in a residence and was in possession of a firearm. There were reports of gunshots prior to the police arriving, and he allegedly fired additional shots inside the residence after police arrived.
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic ...
The rate of crime in Oregon, at least since 1985, has varied from below the United States national average to slightly above, depending on if one is looking at violent crime or property crime statistics. The violent crime rate remained below the national average every year between 1985 and 2022, while property crime generally remained above the ...