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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...

This morning, Commissioner Mingus Mapps, Portland Bureau of Transportation Director Millicent Williams, David Douglas School District leaders, and families...

There's a large and organized campaign against the center medians on Division. Here's what you need to know.

Portland, Ore., paid thousands of taxpayer dollars to get a group of homeless people to evaluate its new Police Accountability Commission, with the city arguing that its "houseless community" should shape how cops are disciplined.

An expanded city council elected by district is just the tip of the iceberg for what charter reform will bring. We're learning more about the restructuring inbound.