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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.
In 1985, Penny Harrington became Portland's first female chief of police, and the first to head a major U.S. police department. [5] Also in 1985, PPB killed a Black veteran, Lloyd Stevenson, by placing him in a chokehold. Stevenson had served in Vietnam for the Marine Corps, and was buried with military honors at Willamette National Cemetery.
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.
According to a 2019 report by the city auditor, Portland’s police department spent nearly $16 million in fiscal year 2017-2018 on overtime alone due to staffing shortages. The auditor’s office ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A revamped protest response team is being launched in Portland's police department, despite skepticism from some residents who said their confidence was eroded by the ...
The Portland, Oregon Police Bureau released two photos of an at-large suspect's car after ballot boxes for this year's election were set aflame Monday in Oregon and Washington State.. A ballot box ...
Portland Police may refer to: Port of Portland Police Department (Oregon), USA; Port of Portland Police (United Kingdom) Portland Police Bureau, Oregon, USA; Portland Police Department (Maine), USA; Portland Police Department (Texas), USA; South Portland Police Department (Maine), USA
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]