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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.
The Oregon State Police began operating on August 1, 1931. The organization was designed by a committee appointed by Governor Julius L. Meier, [5] who made a survey of some of the most successful state law enforcement agencies across North America, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the New Jersey State Police, the Texas Rangers, the Pennsylvania State Police, and others.
The Salem Police Department is a municipal law enforcement agency for the city of Salem. Salem is the capital of Oregon and is its third-largest city behind Portland and Eugene. Salem police officers are charged with enforcing all of Oregon's criminal laws and Oregon Revised Statutes. They also enforce city-created criminal codes and violations ...
A $5 million whistleblower lawsuit accuses Oregon State Police of ignoring reports of misconduct and retaliating against the sergeant who made them. ... 2023 at the Department of Public Safety ...
Bill Poehler, Salem Statesman Journal May 30, 2024 at 1:11 PM Oregon State Police say they are investigating the death of a Salem man whose body was found early Wednesday on the shoulder of ...
SALEM, Ore. — A California truck driver who killed seven farmworkers in 2023 when he crashed into a van off Interstate 5 in Oregon has been sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison. Lincoln Smith ...
Salem is the headquarters of the Oregon Department of Corrections and home to four state correctional facilities, including the Oregon State Penitentiary, Oregon's only maximum-security prison. Numerous projects are underway to increase the supply of housing in the downtown core.
This is a list of official departments, divisions, commissions, boards, programs, and agencies of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon, including regional commissions and boards to which it is officially a party. Where a listing is that of a subdivision of another agency, the parent agency is indicated in parentheses.