West Linn’s former police chief Terry Timeus had his officers work as his “personal posse’’ to initiate an unwarranted, racially-motivated surveillance and arrest of a black Portland man, as a favor...

Prosecutors called Swinney a "vigilante cowboy." Swinney testified he was acting in self-defense. A jury found him guilty on 11 of 12 charges.

It marks the first time a Portland police officer has faced prosecution stemming from striking or firing at someone. The indictment charges Corey A. Budworth, who joined the Police Bureau six years...

Mark Allen Lee, 23, was sentenced to two years of probation on the menacing charge, a misdemeanor. Sentencing for the weapons conviction, a felony, was set over for a year, and will largely rest on...

In his new ruling, Harney County Circuit Judge Robert S. Raschio finds the voter-approved measure defies the Oregon Constitution's right to bear arms.

The suit, filed Friday in federal court in Portland, alleges that the city’s and mayor’s “hands-off approach’’ to politicized demonstrations and counter-protests in Portland fostered a “culture of...

U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman crafted his order after asking both sides in the case to confer and present proposed "rules of engagement."

The figures show 728 bureau employees made more than $100,000 out of 1,272 people. The pay list included all sworn officers and civilian workers at the Police Bureau from the chief to auto mechanics.

Now John Lee Malaer is suing the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and Medford police for alleged civil rights violations. Malaer, who is a paraplegic man, also was left nearly naked on a jail cell...

The misdemeanor allegations were returned Wednesday against Scott Groshong, who retired in August after a 27-year career with the Police Bureau.

An OHSU investigation concluded in August that Dr. Jason Campbell had violated its harassment policy and code of conduct with unwanted touching and inappropriate electronic and text messages.

The temporary order lasts 14 days. Journalists should be identified with visible professional or authorized press passes.

The suit cites the deployment of federal officers “either secretly or with little warning," to Portland, the authorizing of special deputy U.S. Marshal status to Portland police despite Portland’s...

Residents installed cameras, set traps and patrolled streets to track him because police didn’t.

Several defense lawyers have heard from their clients, inmates at the Multnomah County Detention Center in downtown Portland, that tear gas has been seeping into their cells in the downtown Justice...

The woman, her initials “P.L.,” has filed a suit against the city of Portland, alleging the Police Bureau was negligent in failing to properly supervise or hold Robert Bruders accountable for his...

U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman Friday granted a preliminary injunction on a First Amendment claim in a case brought against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security by two state lawmakers, the...

The city of Portland has denied a park permit to the far-right group Proud Boys, which is planning a rally on Saturday in North Portland's Delta Park, finding that the group’s estimated crowd of...

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is expected to announce that Portland Chief Jami Resch is resigning and Chuck Lovell will be named Portland's next chief of police.

A firefighter protecting homes where fires are raging in Northern California took time out to rescue a scared kitten who survived the Bear Fire.

Prosecutors called Swinney a "vigilante cowboy." Swinney testified he was acting in self-defense. A jury found him guilty on 11 of 12 charges.

Portland's mayor asked for the U.S. attorney to end the federal designation for Portland officers, while the Oregon State Police superintendent urged him to maintain it.

U.S. Michael H. Simon wrote that any “willful violation'' of his order or any direction by a federal supervisor or commander to disregard or violate the order will not shield a federal law enforcem...

The Portland-based Innovation Law Lab and Los Angeles-based Justice Action Center filed the complaint in U.S. District Court in Portland.

Mark Pettibone, a recent Reed College graduate who said federal officers pushed him into an unmarked van while he was heading home from a downtown protest, urged Congress on Tuesday to investigate...

The civil rights suit filed by inmates at Portland’s downtown jail against the Multnomah County sheriff starts out with three words: “I can’t breathe.”

Officer Christopher Sathoff said he believed Immanueal Clark-Johnson was attempting to reach for a gun and so fired three rounds at him.

A police supervisor in the Portland Police Bureau’s Professional Standards Division has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Adam B. Steinbaugh, attorney for a national campus civil liberties organization that defends students and faculty rights, said the lack of due process afforded to fired English Prof. Daniel Pollack...

Reed Knox Christensen made his first appearance in federal court in Portland Monday, becoming the third person arrested in Oregon and tied to the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Oregon’s U.S. Attorney’s Office are investigating whether any federal crimes were committed in the case. Michael Fesser’s allegations cross two counties and involved both West Linn and Portland...

U.S. Michael H. Simon wrote that any “willful violation'' of his order or any direction by a federal supervisor or commander to disregard or violate the order will not shield a federal law enforcem...

A brick was thrown through a window and graffiti scrawled outside the Northeast Portland office.

The complaint alleges President Trump and federal officers have conspired to violate the U.S. Constitution.

The notice was filed Monday, the first business day after U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut issued a 122-page opinion that upheld the state ban on the sale and manufacture of magazines that hold...

As anticipated, the Biden Administration has asked Oregon's U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams to resign. The new president asked most U.S. attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit...

“I wasn’t willing to support millions of dollars of my bureau’s equipment being put at risk,’’ City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly said Wednesday.

Since July 1, 115 officers have left the Police Bureau, including 74 who retired and 41 who resigned. Two more will resign by the end of this month and one more is retiring. They make up one of the...

Circuit Judge Robert S. Raschio said he was partly swayed by a “friend of the court” brief that the National Police Association had filed with the Oregon Supreme Court in late January in support of...

“We’ve got our work cut out for us,” a facilities manager at Portland State University said Thursday as he examined the destruction left behind.

“Protest medics may continue to protest, and provide medical aid during the protests. They simply have no unique status under the First Amendment that allows them to disregard lawful orders," U.S....

State officials also reported four deaths.

U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez ruled that police violated his order three times on June 30 after protesters marched to the police union building from Peninsula Park and police ordered them to...