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A former Portland police officer and union leader has been reinstated to the force after he was fired last spring for leaking a false complaint about a city official, according to a report filed this week with the Oregon Employment Relations Board.

A labor arbitrator has reinstated the disgraced former President of the Portland Police Association, according to a press release from the new police bureau union president.

A letter from the Portland Police Bureau's (PPB) internal affairs department has confirmed that three police officers—including former police union head Brian Hunzeker—were responsible for the information leak that led to several media outlets incorrectly reporting that City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty had committed a hit-and-run in March. The October letter, first obtained by OPB, details how a false accusation wound up being reported as fact by the Oregonian and several conser...

A labor arbitrator reinstated the former President of the Portland Police Association who was fired for leaking a false police report about former Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty being involved in

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Portland police officer and union leader has been reinstated to the force after he was fired last spring for leaking a false complaint about a city official, according to a report filed this week with the Oregon Employment Relations Board.

It's been six months since Portland police officer Zachary DeLong fatally shot Robert Delgado, a unhoused man residing in Lents Park. At the time, the public was told that officers arrived at the park after receiving a call describing a man playing with a handgun. Delgado, who appeared to be experiencing a mental health crisis at the time, allegedly pointed a fake handgun at officers before he was killed. Now, two months after a grand...

“It is frustrating for people working in that store to see people stealing every day,” said Jeremy Girard of the Oregon Retail Crime Association.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Documents released by the city of Portland show two more officers with the Portland Police Bureau have been disciplined for leaking information that falsely identified Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty as a suspect in a hit-and-run vehicle crash.

Officer Kerri Ottoman received a one-day suspension without pay and Officer Ken Le received a letter of reprimand.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has fired the former head of the...