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Kenneth Hurley died in a Multnomah County jail last year. His sister wants justice — and answers.

Multnomah County jails reported 9 deaths in the past 2 years, more than the prior 7 years combined. Hurley’s sister wants to know more about the circumstances surrounding her brother’s death. Editor's note: This story discusses drug use, mental illne ...

4 Oct 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Recent settlements against Portland police surpass $6.7 million

The city paid for 218 bodily injury and property damage claims against police since 2020 The city of Portland spent almost $6.75 million resolving claims against the Portland Police Bureau since 2020, including over $3 million settling wrongful death clai ...

28 Jun 2023 - Piper McDaniel
PPB unfairly rejected 49 victim visa applications, report finds

The Portland Ombudsman’s office says U visa program needs policy and training updates Editor’s note: This story discusses domestic violence. An investigation shows the Portland Police Bureau wrongly dismissed dozens of visa applications from undocumented ...

21 Jun 2023 - Piper McDaniel
Injury claims from PPB’s 2020 protest response cost city of Portland over $2.8 million

The city has settled dozens of claims and lawsuits and more are pending So far, the city of Portland has paid over $2.8 million resolving police use of force lawsuits and claims stemming from the racial justice protests that roiled the city in 2020. The M ...

5 Apr 2023 - Piper McDaniel
Portland Police Bureau’s budget reduction was slight and short-lived

After a brief dip in PPB funding after 2020 protests, PPB budget reaches record $249 million Portland faces record levels of gun violence and homicide. As of July 21, there have been 91 homicides in Portland in the past year, and from January through Ju ...

3 Aug 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Police know arrests won’t fix homelessness. They keep arresting people anyway.

In the Lents neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, residents gathered at a public forum last June to voice their concerns about the city’s growing population of homeless individuals. Over the last decade, rent grew twice as fast in Portland as the rest of the ...

29 Jun 2022 - Melissa Lewis
Kaia Sand | When policing is more important than housing, the unhoused are over-policed

Opinion | Stable housing is vital, but remains underfunded compared to policing Imagine a city in which some people have plenty, and some barely have anything at all. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. T ...

29 Jun 2022 - Kaia Sand
Trauma’s Long Reach: The Homicide of Ervin Jones

The 1945 police killing of Ervin Jones left an impact on his family for generations. Now, his relatives hope to change the record surrounding his death. Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of racism and police violence. From the d ...

15 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
MCSO reviews challenge coin, refuses to release findings

Multnomah County Sheriff's Office did not confirm if the coin violated the office's policy or professional standards The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says the Professional Standards Unit was “not able to confirm” what an abbreviation on a s ...

18 May 2022 - K. Rambo
Law enforcement coin related to Portland protests under review by sheriff’s office

An illustration of a burning Multnomah County Justice Center and a secretive abbreviation are among the content of a law enforcement challenge coin now being reviewed by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Professional Standards Unit. Several 2020 Port ...

13 Apr 2022 - K. Rambo