Cops

UPDATED: 9:43 a.m., April 21 Portland Police officers will soon begin wearing body cameras, following an agreement between the city and the Portland Police Association.  Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office announced the agreement late Thursday, calling it a “top priority.” “The City and the PPA have long agreed that body worn cameras are an important tool […]

Skyler Delgado knows the justice system can’t bring his father back, but he’s hoping a lawsuit can spur change in Portland policing.

The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) still doesn’t track enough data to evaluate whether its gun violence intervention tactics are effective at measurably reducing gun violence, a report from the city auditor found.  The report, released Tuesday, is a follow-up to a larger audit published in 2018 that evaluated the PPB’s Gang Enforcement Team—a group that […]

Dozens of Portlanders spoke in opposition Wednesday to the city’s proposed plan to use gunshot detection technology to curb rising rates of gun violence in Portland. Despite an overwhelming negative reaction to the plan during a town hall event, a representative from Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office could not answer whether the city would use the […]

Questions about the Portland police’s upcoming body camera program were front and center during a hearing before a federal judge Tuesday, as the city and the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) continue to struggle over a policy agreement. The use of body cameras is a condition of the longstanding settlement agreement between the US Department of […]

After over 18 months of negotiation, the City of Portland and police union are unable to agree on whether officers should be able to review footage from body cameras before writing an incident report. After declaring an impasse earlier this week, the city and the Portland Police Association (PPA), the union representing rank-and-file officers, will […]

Brian Hunzeker, the Portland police officer responsible for leaking false information linking former city commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty to a 2021 hit-and-run, has been reinstated to his position with the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). While Hunzeker was originally fired in March 2022 for his involvement in the leak, a labor arbitrator from the Oregon Employee […]

Pushed to take action after a recent spate of gun violence near several Portland schools, leaders from Portland Public Schools (PPS), the Portland Police Bureau (PPB), the city of Portland, Multnomah County, and the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office held a press conference Friday to announce they are talking to each other about possible solutions. […]

In April 2021, Portland police officer Zachary DeLong fatally shot a man named Robert Delgado in Lents Park. Delgado, a homeless man who appeared to be experiencing a mental health crisis at the time, allegedly pointed a fake handgun at officers before he was killed. DeLong faced no criminal penalties for the shooting. A recent […]

A Multnomah County grand jury has ruled against charging Portland officer Joshua Dyk with a crime for fatally shooting a Portlander named Aaron Stanton in July. The ruling comes less than a week after a grand jury cleared another officer for killing a Portlander this past summer.  Stanton, 40, was allegedly firing a gun into […]

A Multnomah County grand jury has declined to file criminal charges against a Portland police officer who killed a man in July.  Shortly after midnight on July 24, Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officer Gelsomina “Mina” Cavalli-Singer and her partner responded to a 911 call alleging that a man and a woman were fighting in the […]