Latest data show overdoses continue to skyrocket in Oregon

by Ty Davison | Jan 26, 2024 | News & Commentary

Latest data show overdoses continue to skyrocket in Oregon – Oregon Capital Chronicle: In 2019, 280 people died of a drug overdose in Oregon. Fatalities rose every year after, more than tripling by 2022, when 956 died. And last year, even more people died,...

Dick’s Sporting Goods blames ‘increasingly serious’ theft problem for profit plunge

by Ty Davison | Aug 22, 2023 | News & Commentary

Dick’s Sporting Goods blames ‘increasingly serious’ theft problem for profit plunge | CNN Business: One factor that police believe is a driver of organized retail crime more recently is the fact that under new criminal justice reform laws and local...

Portland police chief to city cops: Stop telling residents DA Mike Schmidt won’t prosecute crimes

by Ty Davison | Aug 8, 2023 | News & Commentary

Portland police chief to city cops: Stop telling residents DA Mike Schmidt won’t prosecute crimes – oregonlive.com: Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell urged all cops and non-uniformed employees working for the Portland Police Bureau to stop spreading the dubious...

Some Portland officers responded to LGBTQ+ training with racist feedback, report says

by Ty Davison | Apr 18, 2023 | News & Commentary

Some Portland officers responded to LGBTQ+ training with racist feedback, report says – oregonlive.com: All officers last year were required to complete online training called “2022 Vocabulary in the LGBTQIA2S+ /Queer Community” as the bureau adopted...

Judge’s ruling could erase $1 million city payout to protester injured by officer

by Ty Davison | Mar 17, 2023 | News & Commentary

Judge’s ruling could erase $1 million city payout to protester injured by officer – Salem Reporter: A federal judge may set aside the most costly civil verdict against the city of Salem in recent history after ruling recently that a city police officer had...