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OACP
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The Annual Conference was a great success last week in Bend.
Thank you to all who participated. We will look forward to sharing pictures
of the event in the weeks to come.
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Oregon
News
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Police Use Grants for Violence
Against Women and Victims of Crime
CTUIR News Paper
Take a look at the front page for information on how the
Columbia RIver Inter-Tribal Police are implementing a new project. Open
recruitment job is open until May 3rd!
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Portland Police Bureau, other agencies hold first-of-its-kind
recruiting event for women
KATU
"Girl cops are awesome." That's the message on
Southeast 148th Avenue in Portland. It's printed on a billboard. Below it
are casual photos of women who work for the Portland Police Bureau (PPB).
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NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN: CLIFF HARROLD SWORN IN
KEZI
There's
a new sheriff in town: Cliff Harrold was sworn in as the new Lane County
Sheriff Tuesday morning. Harrold served on now-former Sheriff Byron
Trapp's executive team for the last four years, but he's been around the
department for about 30 years.
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Corbett fears budget cuts of Multnomah County deputies
Pamplin Media Group
"I
get to know the community," Graziano said. "Just about everywhere
I go over the years I've gotten to know their stories. I knew the story on
this guy right away."
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Suspect in Cowlitz deputy's slaying is half-brother of Rainier
police chief's killer
The Oregonian
The man suspected of fatally shooting a southwest
Washington sheriff's deputy is the half-brother of a man who pleaded
guilty last month to killing an Oregon police chief.
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Police respond to 911 burglary call, discover suspect is a
trapped Roomba
Digital Trends
According to the details of a 911 call placed at 1:48 p.m.
today, April 9, an Oregon resident alerted a 911 dispatcher to a possible
break-in. Reporting on constant movement in the home's bathroom as well as
noise, the caller also told the 911 operator that shadows were seen moving
under the bathroom door, which had been locked from the outside for safety.
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National
News
FBI
report shows dip but still lots of active-shooter incidents
USA Today
The
number of active-shooter incidents in the U.S. decreased slightly last
year. Then again, it would have been difficult to top the record-setting
carnage of 2017.
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DHS
Considering Classifying Fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction
US News
According
to an internal memo obtained by military news outlet Task & Purpose,
the department is weighing whether to classify the opioid drug "when
certain criteria are met," such as when it is transported in such a
quantity and configured in such a way that it could potentially be used as
a weapon.
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Resurrected
Seattle traffic camera proposal clears House
SF Chronicle
A proposal to expand the use of traffic cameras in Seattle
passed the state House, after earlier stalling amid controversy over how to
use the footage.
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Bills
to help cops pay back student loans approved in Texas House, Senate
Dallas News
It was a good day for cops at the Texas Capitol, as separate
bills to create a student loan payment assistance program for law
enforcement officers passed both chambers of the Legislature.
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Conference Shoutouts
The OACP would like to
give a Shout Out to the following members for lending a hand during our
Annual Conference. Your involvement and help made all the difference:
Linda Gardner
(McMinville PD); for all her help on the financial aspect of the Auction
Chief Rod Lucich
(Molalla PD) for entertaining us with his incredible voice at the Opening
Breakfast and the Awards Banquet
Akin Blitz for
his willingness to take pictures of all the events during the conference
Captain Paul Kansky (Bend
PD) for playing chauffeur to our out-of-town presenters
Kim Kampmann (Bend
PD) for making sure we had plenty of volunteers to lend a hand
Audrey Henry
(Bend PD) for helping us organize the evening outing into Bend and
sharing her wealth of information
Terri Fossholm
(wife of Chief Jeff Fossholm) for MCing the Trade Show Raffle and Bingo
game
Therese Sanders, Tiffany Hicks, Cindi Schmitz, Cindy Young-Bolek,
and Hillsboro PD
for putting together some incredible Raffle Baskets
Susie Diede (Bend
PD) for
securing wine donations and helping organizing the Wine Wall
Bend PD Color Guard for
helping us launch our conference during the Opening Brekafast
Chief Don Taylor (Turner
PD) for organizing and securing donations for the Auction. It was a great
success!
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