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Grants Pass approved a utility fee to fund public safety services on Wednesday. But council members warn that likely isn’t a long-term solution.
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More California police departments are deploying body cameras. A new court ruling restricts how prosecutors can use footage of witness accounts at trial.
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Recently signed legislation in Arizona would bar people from recording video of police officers within 8 feet after being told not to.
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Police in Idaho arrested 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front this weekend.
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Police said the men were planning to riot in several areas of downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
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Private colleges want to change rules for how police respond to trespassing on campus. Students worry the proposal could lead to racial profiling.
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New lawsuits filed against federal law enforcement, city of Portland for actions during 2020 protestPlaintiffs describe being taken in unmarked vans, being deliberately shot at with rubber grenades and being wantonly hit on the head, among other complaints.
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A scathing report by California's Auditor of five large police departments finds evidence of officer bias against women, people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ people, and there's no goal to improve.
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Crime is a major focus for Oregon candidates looking to unseat incumbent power in the May primary, even as data show little validity to the notion that overall crime is rising in the state.
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The CHP, one of California’s largest police agencies, does not provide body cameras for 97% of its officers.
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Senate Bill 1510 also provides grant money for social services and alters restrictions for people on probation or parole.
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Crime statistics are a loaded weapon. They can be aimed in any direction, to mean anything.
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An analysis by OPB of hacked data uncovers police officers, sheriff’s deputies and military in Oregon who had joined the far right militia group since 2009.
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Oregon's senior U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat, said he spoke to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the agency's use of force during last summer's protests in Portland. Wyden said Mayorkas told him that "what went on in Portland is unacceptable.”