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Seal of Portland

The Portland Police Bureau was established in 1870 by the Portland city council, it was originally named the Portland Metropolitan Police Force. The City Council appointed Phillip Saunders as its first chief of police.[1]

Services

The city of Portland is the largest city on Oregon, as such the Portland Police Bureau is the largest city or county law enforcement agency in Oregon, the Bureau has approximately 1,000 full time officers, 100 reserves, 50 cadets, and 300 civilian positions. Due to the large number of employees the Portland Police Bureau offers an abundant amount of services to the citizens of Portland and the tri-county area, those include:

Patrol

  • 911 and emergency response

Crisis Response Team (CRT)

  • Mission: The Mission of the Portland Police Bureau’s Crisis Response Team is to intervene in traumatic situations which impact individuals, families, and the community at large.

CRT members provide much needed support to victims of crime, sexual assault, and abuse.[2]

Rapid Response Team (RRT)

  • RRT is Portland Police Bureaus "Riot Police" and respond to large political rallies/gatherings. They will also preform officer rescues if needed.

Detectives

  • Portland Police Bureau detectives are mebers of the tri-county major crimes division, as such they will assist other agency's. Portland Police Detectives work a varity of task such as, child sexual assault, burglary and other property crimes, prostitution, narcotics, homicide, traffic crash investigation, hit and runs, auto theft, and other felony crimes. [3]

Mounted Patrol Unit

  • The mounted police unit utilizes horses to fight crime in the downtown area of Portland. They are primarily used for crowd control at large events. [4]

Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)

  • SERT (better known as SWAT) responds to incidents involving uncooperative armed suspects (such as bank robberies, shoot outs, or hostage situations). SERT would not be called for crowd control.

Hostage Negotiation Team (HNT)

  • HNT responds to hostage situations and uses psychology to talk the suspect and the hostage out safely without use of force.

See also

Portland Police Official Web Site

Notes

  1. ^ O'Hara, Ralph. "The History of the Portland Police Bureau; A Look Back". {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 43 (help)
  2. ^ Jackson-Johnson, Marci. "Crisis Response Team".
  3. ^ "Detective Division".
  4. ^ "Mounted Patrol Unit".
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