Title 18, Executive Branch; Organization

(1) As used in this section, “law enforcement agency” means: (a) A city or municipal police department. (b) A county sheriff’s office. (c) The Oregon State Police. (d) A police department established by a university under ORS 352.121 or 353.125. (2) A law enforcement agency shall…

(1) Except for a person who has requested and obtained an extension from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, a person may not be employed as a police officer, or utilized as a certified reserve officer, by a law enfor…

(1)(a) The certification of any police officer who does not serve as a police officer, or any certified reserve officer who is not utilized as a certified reserve officer, for any period of time in excess of three consecutive months is lapsed. Upon reemployment as a police office…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual who is employed full time by a tribal government to perform the duties of a public safety officer and who possesses the requisite qualifications may be certified or recertified as a police officer, certified reserve of…

(1) Except for a person who has requested and obtained an extension pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, a person may not be employed as a corrections officer by a law enforcement unit for more than one year unless the person is a citizen of the United States or a nonimmig…

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of ORS 181A.355 to 181A.689: (1) The Department of Corrections shall provide training for basic certification of corrections officers employed by the Department of Corrections. (2) The Department of Corrections shall develop proposed trainin…

(1) Except for a person who has requested and obtained an extension from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, a person may not be employed as a parole and probation officer for more than 18 months unless the person is …

(1) Upon request of the Marshal’s Office of the Judicial Department, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall certify individual judicial marshals appointed under ORS 1.177 as being qualified in the same manner as police officers pursuant to ORS 181A.410. (2) …

(1) Except for a person who has requested and obtained an extension from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training under subsection (2) of this section, subject to subsection (3) of this section the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission may not employ a person as a r…

(1) Except for a person who has requested and obtained an extension from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, no person may be employed as a telecommunicator or emergency medical dispatcher by any public or private pub…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any full-time employee of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training who possesses the requisite qualifications may be certified or recertified as a police officer, certified reserve officer, corrections officer, parole …

(1) A certified police officer or certified reserve officer who leaves police service to become a full-time employee of the Law Enforcement Data System under ORS 181A.280 may retain certification, subject to satisfactory completion of any continuing training required by the Depar…

(1) Upon application and payment of the appropriate fees, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training or its authorized representative shall examine and evaluate any instructor or any public safety personnel training or educational program. (2) If the department finds …

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 181A.410 (1)(g) and 181A.590 (3), the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may not accredit any public safety personnel training program provided by a public safety agency or any educational program as equivalent to the minimum training requi…

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, in consultation with the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training, shall provide a reimbursement program to local law enforcement units which send police officers or corrections officers to the training academy oper…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Basic training” means the training course and field training approved by the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training and required by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training for certification as a corrections officer or police…

(1) When the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training or a policy committee of the board established under ORS 181A.375 believes there is a reasonable basis for denying, suspending or revoking, as applicable, the applic…

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may deny the application for training, or deny, suspend or revoke the certification, of any public safety officer or instructor, except a youth correction officer or fire service professional, after written notice and hea…

(1) An instructor or a public safety officer, except a youth correction officer, aggrieved by the findings and order of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may, as provided in ORS 183.480, file an appeal with the Court of Appeals from the final order of the dep…

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may impose a civil penalty on a public safety agency for violation of ORS 181A.490, 181A.520, 181A.530 or 181A.560. (2) The department shall recommend and the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training by rule shall ad…

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall by rule designate one or more accrediting bodies for law enforcement agencies in this state with 35 or more sworn police officers. (2)(a) No later than July 1, 2025, each law enforcement agency in this state with 10…

(1) The Oregon Center for Policing Excellence is established within the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. (2) The primary purposes of the center are: (a) To make policing in this state more effective and efficient by: (A) Developing and promulgating updated skil…

(1) The Police Memorial Trust Fund is created separate from the General Fund. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated therefor and gifts and grants thereto and the interest thereon. The fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of section 1 (2), chapter 508, Oregon…

A law enforcement unit, as defined in ORS 181A.355, shall participate in the National Use-of-Force Data Collection operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [2021 c.625 §1] Note: 181A.663 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part …

(1) There is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury the Police Standards and Training Account. All contributions or other moneys received by the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training or Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall be paid into t…

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) It is in the public interest to have trust and transparency in the hiring of law enforcement officers. (2) It is in the public interest to ensure that information relating to allegations of misconduct are not shielded in the employment pro…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.775. (b) “Personnel records” means the entire personnel file of a police officer or reserve officer, including but not limited to records of complaints and disciplinary action ag…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Employment information” means written information in connection with job applications, performance evaluations, attendance records, disciplinary actions, eligibility for rehire and other information relevant to the performance of a public safety …

(1) The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training and the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may not disclose a photograph of a public safety officer without the written consent of the public safety officer or the public safety officer’s employer. This subsect…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Designated agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.010. (b) “Information” includes, but is not limited to, an address, telephone number, date of birth and photograph. (c) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Public body” has the meaning given that term in ORS 192.311. (b) “Public safety employee” means a certified reserve officer, corrections officer, parole and probation officer, police officer or youth correction officer as those terms are defined …

The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall create a uniform background checklist and a standardized personal history questionnaire for use by law enforcement units in hiring applicants to be public safety officers. The checklist must include a description of the…

(1) As used in this section, “misconduct” means: (a) Unjustified or excessive force that is objectively unreasonable under the circumstances or in violation of the use of force policy for the law enforcement unit employing the offending officer; (b) Sexual harassment or sexual mi…

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall establish and maintain a form for reports under ORS 181A.681 of misconduct or violation of the minimum standards for physical, emotional, intellectual and moral fitness for public safety personnel established under …

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall establish a statewide online database of suspensions and revocations of the certifications of police officers and discipline of police officers involving economic sanctions that is accessible by the public. (2) The …

Within 10 days after an economic sanction as part of discipline imposed on a police officer has become final and the arbitration process is complete, the law enforcement unit that imposed the discipline shall report on the discipline to the Department of Public Safety Standards a…

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Racism has no place in public safety. (2) Law enforcement officers hold a unique position in our community and must demonstrate principles of equity, transparency, honesty and trust with all members of society. (3) Membership or participat…

A law enforcement unit that employs police officers or reserve officers shall adopt policies that set standards for speech and expression by officers in and outside the course and scope of employment. The policies must apply to all forms of speech and expression, including but no…

As used in ORS 181A.702 and 181A.704: (1) “Crowd management” means a public security practice in which large crowds of 50 persons or more are managed to prevent the outbreak of crowd crushes, affrays, fights or riots. (2) “Law enforcement agency” means the Oregon State Police, a …

(1) A law enforcement officer who is on duty and assigned to work crowd management in a city with a population of over 60,000 shall have: (a) The officer’s first initial and last name, or a unique identifier assigned by the officer’s law enforcement agency, affixed to the front o…

(1)(a) If practical, safe and tactically feasible, upon request by a member of the public, a law enforcement officer shall provide the officer’s name and identification number, or, if applicable, a unique identifier assigned by the law enforcement agency, to the member of the pub…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Crowd management” means a public security practice in which crowds are managed to prevent the outbreak of crowd crushes, affrays, fights or riots, or in which an assembly, protest or demonstration is dispersed. (b)(A) “Handheld chemical incapacit…

(1) As used in this section, “law enforcement agency” means the Department of State Police, the Department of Justice, a district attorney, a political subdivision of the State of Oregon, a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon and a university, that maintains a law enforc…

As used in ORS 181A.725 to 181A.735, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Center” means the Oregon Community Crime Prevention Information Center. (2) “Coordinator” means the Coordinator of the Oregon Community Crime Prevention Information Center. (3) “Department” means the…

The Oregon Community Crime Prevention Information Center is created within the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. The center within the limits of available funds shall: (1) Develop, plan and carry out a comprehensive, long-range, integrated program, implemented b…

(1) The Oregon Community Crime Prevention Information Center is under the supervision and control of the coordinator who is responsible for the performance of the duties, functions and powers of the center. (2) The Director of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Trainin…

(1) To aid and advise the coordinator in the performance of the functions of the Oregon Community Crime Prevention Information Center, an advisory committee may be established. (2) The committee shall meet at such times and places as shall be determined by the coordinator. (3) Le…

As used in ORS 181A.775 to 181A.805: (1) “Employ,” when used in the context of the relationship between a law enforcement agency and a police officer, includes the assignment of law enforcement duties on a volunteer basis to a reserve officer. (2) “Law enforcement agency” means t…

(1) There is created in each county a deadly physical force planning authority consisting of the following members: (a) The district attorney and sheriff of the county. (b) A nonmanagement police officer selected by the district attorney and sheriff. If there are unions represent…

In the plan required by ORS 181A.780 (4), a deadly physical force planning authority shall, at a minimum: (1)(a) Address, under ORS 181A.780 (4)(a), the manner in which each law enforcement agency within the county will comply with ORS 181A.790 (2); and (b) Attach a copy of each …