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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 ]
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]
Portland Police may refer to: Port of Portland Police Department (Oregon), USA; Port of Portland Police (United Kingdom) Portland Police Bureau, Oregon, USA;
United States v. City of Portland was a lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice against the City of Portland, Oregon on December 17, 2012, alleging a pattern or practice of unconstitutional use of force by the Portland Police Bureau against individuals with actual or perceived mental illness.
Day started at the Portland Police Bureau in April 1991. Throughout his career, he has served as Captain of the Training Division and later as Commander of the Central Precinct, which covers Downtown. [3] [4] In 2018, Day was appointed Deputy Chief, a position he served in for a year before retiring in 2019. [4]
Portland Police Bureau representation at Portland's pride parade in 2016. The Portland Police Bureau was founded in 1870, and has been making societal changes in their city before others across the country, naming the first female police officer, Lola Baldwin, in 1908, being the first Bureau to ever do so in the United States. [1]
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