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PORTLAND, Ore. — November was the worst month for car thefts in the city of Portland since police began publishing monthly data back in 2015. Last month, 1,140 vehicles were reported stolen ...
The bureau first released details of the shooting at 10:27 a.m. Tuesday, after the union president had already briefed reporters. Det. Mary Wheat said police must wait until detectives interview ...
Colleen McDonald, 31, and Hilary Rossio, 30, said they were returning to Portland from a day trip to the Columbia River Gorge about 8:45 p.m. on Aug. 29 when Portland police officers drove a ...
A Portland woman was trapped in her driveway for three days after a car was abandoned in her garage, but was eventually able to find the owner and have the car moved, despite the slow response from… ...
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Car theft in Portland has gone down dramatically in recent years, according to the Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) stolen vehicle dashboard. During a press conference on ...
Police shot Immanueal Clark in the back Nov. 19, 2022, while he fled. The deadly shooting caused a rare rift between investigators and Portland police leadership.
PORTLAND, Ore. — It's been less than two years since Chief Bob Day took the reins at the Portland Police Bureau (PPB), but he says the city has made meaningful progress in that time on some of ...
A pickup truck's ignition is seen cut out to allow a car thief to start it without a key, pictured in November 2024. The Portland Police Bureau has been tracking more granular detail about stolen ...
Portland, like other cities,disbanded its traffic enforcement team in February 2021. Police Chief Chuck Lovell blamed historically low staffing numbers and said the bureau needed to focus on 911 ...
Portland Police reported that 537 cars were stolen in November of 2023 and 522 were stolen in December of 2023. In January of 2024, after Beard was arrested, that number dropped to 436. In ...