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The Legislature ended its session Friday without fulfilling an $18.5 million request from organizations that support victims ...
Oregon’s Court of Appeals chided the state’s police force on Wednesday for using warrantless “technologically-enhanced surveillance” to bust an illegal marijuana operation, sending the court’s ...
Reports of hate crimes and bias incidents have spiked 366% in Oregon this year, in part because of the coronavirus pandemic. Since January, the number of cases has grown, according to data from ...
Scammers trick victims into handing over PINs to hijack phones, drain bank accounts and steal identities. The DOJ urges ...
Reports of hate crimes and bias incidents to an Oregon Department of Justice hotline increased by 74% from 2021 to 2022. Last year, the hotline received 2,534 reports of bias incidents and crimes.
PORTLAND, Ore. – Bias and hate crime reporting remain on the rise in Oregon, with reports soaring over 200% from 2020 to 2023, according to an annual report released by the Oregon Criminal ...
Any victim or witness of a bias incident or a hate crime can visit www.StandAgainstHate.Oregon.Gov or call Oregon DOJ’s Bias Response Hotline at 1-844-924-BIAS (2427).
The economic impact of crime in Oregon was an estimated $14.9 billion in 2023, according to a report released by the Common Sense Institute this week. That is a cost of $3,509 per Oregon resident.
A report from the Oregon Attorney General’s office shows that there were 1,101 reports made to the Oregon DOJ Bias Response Hotline in 2020. Officials say there was a 134% surge in reporting in ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon and Washington saw some of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the U.S. in 2022, crime statistics released by the FBI on Oct. 16 show.The state with the highest ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Reports of hate crimes and bias incidents have spiked 366% in Oregon this year, in part because of the coronavirus pandemic. Since January, the number of cases has grown ...