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.

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Oregon News

Cops in schools? Portland police say they want to keep the program going
The Oregonian
As budget season nears for Portland city leaders, deploying armed city police officers in schools is again being debated as officials mull the $1.6 million price tag and its effectiveness as a tool to keep kids out of the criminal justice system.
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Police build relationships at lunch with kids
Wallawa County Chieftan
Visibility and developing positive relationships were on the minds of area law enforcement officers who visited and ate lunch with kindergarten through sixth-grade students at Enterprise Elementary School for National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on Thursday, Jan. 9.
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Lebanon City Council revises dog ordinance
Argus Observer
Lebanon Police Chief Frank Stevenson believes that euthanizing a dog should be a step of last resort for communities. That belief led him to request changes to the City of Lebanon’s dangerous dog ordinance providing his department and the Municipal Court more flexibility in handling these cases.
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National News

Tunnel to Towers sets 2020 goal to pay off mortgages of all fallen officers with kids 
Fox News
To mark National Law Enforcement Appreciation day, Tunnel to Towers CEO Frank Siller announced Thursday a 2020 initiative to pay off the mortgages of all fallen law enforcement officers who left children behind.
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Amazon to ramp up counterfeit reporting to law enforcement
Reuters
Amazon.com Inc is planning to give more data on counterfeit goods to law enforcement in a further crackdown on fakes listed on its e-commerce sites, a person familiar with the program told Reuters.
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Design of AR-15 could derail charges tied to popular rifle
ABC News
A subtle design feature of the AR-15 rifle has raised a technical legal question that is derailing cases against people who are charged with illegally buying and selling the gun's parts or building the weapon.
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