Cops

Deputy Chief Chris Davis speaking at a press conference in April 2021. Portland Police Bureau Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) leadership team is headed for a shakeup. By the end of August, Chief Chuck Lovell’s second in command, Deputy Chief Chris Davis, will depart the bureau to lead the police department of Green Bay, Wisconsin. “Green […]

A gaggle of Portland police responding to the scene of a fatal officer shooting in June. MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND As of July 2021, 18 percent of all sworn officers employed by the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) live inside Portland’s city limits. That’s 155 of Portland’s 828 total officers. This percentage point, obtained through a Mercury public […]

MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND Update: 7/22 8:30 am The Portland officer responsible for shooting a man at the McCormick Pier Grocery & Deli Tuesday night has been identified as Craig Lehman. Lehman has worked for the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) for eight years. Lehman was one of the members of the PPB’s Rapid Response Team who the […]

Terrell Johnson. Alicia Johnson Portland City Council unanimously approved a $600,000 settlement agreement Wednesday to the family of Terrell Johnson, a 24-year-old man killed by a Portland police officer in 2017. The agreement, the result of a 2019 lawsuit, absolves the city and the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) of any guilt for Johnson’s death. Johnson […]

STEVE DYKES/GETTY IMAGES The US Department of Justice (DOJ) gave the City of Portland a to-do list Tuesday that, if met, could keep Portland from facing additional federal sanctions over its police force. Among its nine requests, the DOJ has asked the city furnish Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers with body cameras, hold accountable PPB […]

Zeferli / Getty Images A Multnomah County grand jury has declined to indict a Gresham cop on criminal charges for killing Portlander Israel Berry in May 2020. Gresham officer James Doyle fatally shot Berry, 49, on May 31 in Southeast Portland. Doyle and other Gresham officers were assisting Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers that Sunday […]

Officers block off the street near the Motel 6 where Townsend was killed Thursday evening. MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) has identified the man killed by Portland officer Curtis Brown Thursday, June 24, as Michael Ray Townsend. Townsend, 40, died Thursday evening after Brown shot him in the parking lot of a Motel […]

Portland police officers stand near the scene where an officer killed a man Thursday night. MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND Police have identified Curtis Brown as the officer who fatally shot a man in Northeast Portland Thursday evening. A surveillance video (a warning, the video is graphic and shocking) released by the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Friday evening […]

RichLegg / Getty Images Portland police leadership have updated citywide policies to address racial disparities in traffic stops. On Tuesday, Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell announced that he’s directed all officers to only focus on policing traffic violations that threatens public safety. This would limit officers from pulling over drivers for low-level infractions, like a […]

RRT officers gathered at a protest in downtown Portland in February 2020. Doug Brown The members of the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) unit assigned to respond to protests and other crowd control situations voted to resign from the unit en masse Wednesday evening, according to several City Hall staffers. The mass resignation from the Rapid […]

MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND For the first time in Portland’s history, an officer is facing criminal charges for using force against a member of the public during a protest. On Tuesday, a Multnomah County grand jury accused Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officer Corey Budworth of fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor, for assaulting photojournalist Teri Jacobs during an August […]