OACP News

2020 Small Agency Conference
February 25 & 26
If you're a small-agency chief or high-level decision-maker, you're invited to attend this year's conference in Sunriver. Email Deanna at deanna@victorygrp.com if you would like to participate.
Click here for more information.

2020 IACP Conference
October 17 - 20, 2020
New Orleans, LA
Click here for more information.
Click here to reserve a room at the
New Orleans Downtown Marriott CC.
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Nominate a Peer for an OACP Award
The Annual Conference is fast approaching and with it comes an opportunity to recognize fellow members by nominating them for an award.

Click here for descriptions of all the awards and their criteria, and to download a copy of the OACP Award Nomination form.

All award nominations are due by March 13, 2020. 

IACP Scholarship Information

New eligibility requirements:

1. Applicants must never have attended an IACP Annual Conference in the past.
2. Must be a member of the OACP in “Good Standing.”
3. Preference will be given to Police Chiefs from a smaller agency (defined as 15 or fewer authorized sworn officer positions), but all members are eligible to apply.

Applications need to be submitted by March 31. The winner will be announced at the Annual Conference Awards Banquet, April 9.

For more information and the application form, click here. Please make sure you are using the forms with "2020.1" printed on the bottom of the page in the footer as these are the only ones that will be accepted.

Oregon News

Police K9 Finds $750,000 In Meth
1190KEX
Portland Police Officer Chris Devlin and his K9 partner Niko were essential in locating the methamphetamine.
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Police: Burglary Ring Targeted Marijuana Businesses
U.S. News
Police in Portland, Oregon and Salem, Oregon say they broke up a burglary ring that was targeting state-legal marijuana businesses in Oregon and southwest Washington.
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Oregon bill would prevent officers from enforcing transit fare payment
KATU2
A new bill currently in the Oregon House of Representatives would prohibit law enforcement officers from stopping riders who they believe may have avoided paying a fare to ride.
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ICE issues first subpoenas in Oregon demanding undocumented immigrant criminal records
KATU2
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, served two immigration subpoenas on the Washington County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday.
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National News

Booker, Merkley propose federal facial recognition moratorium 
The Hill
Two Democratic senators on Wednesday introduced a bill that would place a moratorium on federal government use of facial recognition technology until Congress passes legislation regulating it.
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N.J. program that gives law enforcement training to those with special needs graduates 1st class
NJ Advance Media
A graduation ceremony for the five cadets who went through the 16-week program was held at the prosecutor’s office in Freehold Wednesday.
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VIDEO: Married off-duty cops pause date night to stop masked robber at Raising Cane's
WLKY
Police have released surveillance video showing exactly what went down when a masked robber found himself at the wrong place at the wrong time.
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