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.

I was told Jason Hubert knew the gang world. Turns out he's been with the Portland Police Bureau for 19 years, 16 with the specialized unit that targets gangs. He agreed to meet at East Precinct.

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 ...

Portland police still keep an informal list ... "We're not saying there's not a gang problem. We're not saying this unit should be disbanded,'' she said. "If these are the appropriate tactics ...

While Portland police have strict rules for designating ... but stand by these designations. Krantz, the gang unit lieutenant, says his officers can spot a gang attack even if they have no idea ...

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 ...

The Portland Police Department says three people have been arrested in connection with a shots fired case from the morning of ...

The gang unit faced criticism by many in the city ... Daryl Turner, the head of the Portland Police Union, said he believed the disbanding of the unit was definitely “one of the biggest mistakes ...

Portland Police are seeking help identifying a suspect in a violent, racially charged assault that happened April 24 near ...

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 — 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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland police announced a monumental drug bust ... “investigators from PPB’s Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit/HIDTA Interdiction Taskforce seized 90 pounds ...