the Portland police chief is beefing up the department’s gang enforcement team. Chief Larry O’Dea said Tuesday he’s adding six officers to the unit, boosting it from 18 to 24 officers.

Portland's pervasive gang violence in the '90s ... things instead of looking at it as a police approach.” Officials also disbanded a specialized unit focused on curbing gun violence that ...

The Portland ... the Gang Enforcement Team was renamed the Gun Violence Reduction Team in 2019, with a focus on reducing gun violence generally. Following the police murder of George Floyd in ...

The Portland Police Bureau's Human Trafficking Unit has arrested several individuals for crimes related to human trafficking.

In 2018, the City Auditor’s Office issued a pair of reports on Portland ... gang affiliation, even if that information exists only in officers’ memories or witness statements made to police.” ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Property crimes detectives would investigate reports of break ins, embezzlement, organized retail crime, and burglaries. But now, those investigations will go to other ...

Portland, Oregon, police will announce the reinstatement of their traffic division on Tuesday after facing one of its deadliest years for pedestrians in 2022. After dissolving its traffic division ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Portland Police will once again have a Cold Case Unit to tackle unsolved homicides from as early as the ‘60s. The agency announced the unit’s reassembly on Wednesday ...

PORTLAND — The motorcycle gang busted this week for allegedly possessing large quantities of marijuana and mushrooms at its clubhouse are no strangers to local police. Connecticut State Police ...

According to a statement from Portland police, a resident at 4 Hill St. reported that the suspect knocked on the door of her apartment unit Tuesday evening and then threatened to shoot the ...