Public access to police discipline records gets hearing in Oregon Legislature
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 22, 2021
Rob Bovett, legal counsel and legislative director of the Association of Oregon Counties, called the bill on a public database too broad, and suggested it might be amended to only require that finalized discipline be made public. LC-
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Two bills considered centerpieces of Oregon’s police reform agenda in the Legislature one to allow public access to police discipline records and the other to restrict arbitrators from overturning police discipline got their first hearings Monday.
House Bill 3145 would direct Oregon’s Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to create a public database that captures complaints against officers, the allegations brought and whether any discipline was issued and what it was. It also would include resignations or firings of officers.