Report exonerates Portland Police for role in bogus arrest
Civilian oversight agency releases its recommendations on Portland Police involvement in 2017 incident.
IAfter investigating seven Portland Police Bureau officers for their involvement in the 2017 arrest of Michael Fesser, the Independent Police Review has recommended the exoneration of six officers and to not sustain potential charges of misconduct against the other.
PR, the civilian oversight agency for the city of Portland, found that the officers conduct was consistent with Portland Police practices regarding assisting other agencies.
Portland police assisted WLPD in the 2017 racially-motivated arrest of Fesser. West Linn police orchestrated the investigation and arrest of Fesser as a favor to a friend of then police-chief Terry Timeus, who happened to be Fesser s boss.