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A police oversight proposal that advocates for police accountability said Portland officials had “shredded” advanced Wednesday over the advocates’ objections.

Since December, the council-approved group has met weekly to research and develop a stronger and more streamlined system of responding to complaints of misconduct against Portland Police Bureau (PPB) staff. The voter-mandated changes will revamp a currently very splintered system of reporting and discipline: Currently, complaints and cases against police might be handled by the city's Independent Police Review, the bureau's internal affairs unit, the Citizen Review Committee or the police review board. IPR is only able to observe investigations into deadly force cases, but is barred from direc...

Since December, the council-approved group has met weekly to research and develop a stronger and more streamlined system of responding to complaints of misconduct against Portland Police Bureau (PPB) staff. The voter-mandated changes will revamp a currently very splintered system of reporting and discipline: Currently, complaints and cases against police might be handled by the city's Independent Police Review, the bureau's internal affairs unit, the Citizen Review Committee or the police review board. IPR is only able to observe investigations into deadly force cases, but is barred from direc...

Five days after an incident that left a security guard gunned down at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, and the suspect shot by police, names of the officers involved in the shooting have yet to be released. That’s largely because of a major policy decision made last year by Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell. In December 2022, Lovell announced the bureau would no longer release names of officers involved in the use of deadly force within...

Portland is one of the last cities of its size to use the devices.