Title 18, Executive Branch; Organization

No law enforcement agency, as defined in ORS 181A.010, may collect or maintain information about the political, religious or social views, associations or activities of any individual, group, association, organization, corporation, business or partnership unless such information …

(1) As used in this section, “criminal homicide” has the meaning provided in ORS 163.005. (2) Any criminal justice agency within the State of Oregon having primary responsibility for investigation of the case shall provide information relating to any suspected criminal homicide t…

(1) The Department of State Police or another criminal justice agency that the State Chief Information Officer designates shall operate a Criminal Justice Information Standards program that coordinates information among state criminal justice agencies. The program must: (a) Ensur…

(1) State criminal justice agencies, as part of their agency request budget and information resource management plans, shall address the goals of the Criminal Justice Information Standards program with particular attention to: (a) Data access, availability and information sharing…

(1) There is established a Criminal Justice Information Standards Advisory Board to advise the Department of State Police or the criminal justice agency that the State Chief Information Officer designates under ORS 181A.265 (1) about the department’s or the agency’s duties under …

(1) There is established in the Department of State Police a Law Enforcement Data System. (2) The Law Enforcement Data System shall: (a) Install and maintain a criminal justice telecommunication and information system for storage and retrieval of criminal justice information subm…

(1)(a) The Department of State Police shall create and maintain a medical health database within the Law Enforcement Data System in order to provide law enforcement agencies with information to help the agencies assist persons with a qualifying illness or condition in obtaining m…

Upon receipt of a record of conviction for an offense described in ORS 166.255 (1)(b), the Department of State Police shall immediately enter the conviction into the Law Enforcement Data System and shall cause the conviction to be entered into the databases of the National Crime …

(1) The Department of Human Services, the Oregon Health Authority, the Psychiatric Security Review Board and the Judicial Department shall provide the Department of State Police with the minimum information necessary to identify persons who: (a) Have been committed by a court to …

(1) The Oregon State Police shall establish and maintain a missing children and adults clearinghouse that receives from and distributes to local law enforcement agencies, school districts, state and federal agencies and the general public information regarding missing children an…

The administrator of the missing children and adults clearinghouse established pursuant to ORS 181A.300 shall: (1) Provide information and training to local law enforcement agencies and child welfare agencies and to other state agencies having child welfare duties. (2) Appoint an…

A member of a law enforcement agency who has probable cause to believe that custodial interference in the first or second degree, or kidnapping in the first or second degree, with respect to a child has occurred shall notify the Oregon State Police missing children clearinghouse …

(1) The Department of State Police shall work with Oregon law enforcement agencies, the Department of Transportation, local media and broadcasters and others to fully implement a state Amber Plan. (2) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules establishing the criteria to b…

(1) For purposes of this section, a missing vulnerable adult includes, but is not limited to, a missing adult who has: (a) An impaired mental condition, such as dementia; (b) An intellectual or developmental disability; or (c) A brain injury. (2) The Department of State Police an…

ORS 181A.323 to 181A.328 shall be known and may be cited as “Melissa’s Law.” [2016 c.89 §1] Note: 181A.322 to 181A.328 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Prefa…

As used in ORS 181A.323 to 181A.328: (1) “Anonymous kit” means a sexual assault forensic evidence kit collected from a victim who has not participated with a law enforcement agency in the creation of a report of the sexual assault. (2) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning giv…

(1) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules concerning the prioritization of testing untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits in the department’s possession. The rules must contain a requirement to test all nonanonymous kits and a prohibition on the testing of anon…

(1) Each law enforcement agency within this state shall have policies and procedures concerning the collection, submission for testing, retention and destruction of sexual assault forensic evidence kits. The policies and procedures must be in writing, must be made available to th…

A medical facility collecting sexual assault forensic evidence kits shall, within seven days after the collection of a kit, notify the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over a possible sexual assault criminal investigation that the kit has been collected. [2016 c.89 §5] No…

(1) The Department of State Police shall establish a multidisciplinary committee on the tracking of sexual assault forensic evidence kits. The committee shall: (a) Develop recommendations for establishing a statewide electronic sexual assault forensic evidence kit tracking system…

(1) A law enforcement agency may not receive any of the following property from a military equipment surplus program operated by the federal government: (a) Unmanned aircraft systems that are armored or weaponized; (b) Aircraft that are combat-configured or combat-coded; (c) Gren…

(1) At the request of a humane investigation agency, the Superintendent of State Police shall commission a designated employee of the humane investigation agency as a humane special agent, if: (a) The employee is certified, or is eligible for certification, as a police officer un…

(1) A humane special agent shall work cooperatively with law enforcement agencies in enforcing animal welfare laws and shall defer to the direction of a law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the commission of a violation of animal welfare laws. (2) If a law enforcement …

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that telecommunicators are first responders. [2021 c.278 §1] Note: 181A.348 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Prefac…

The Superintendent of State Police may make rules governing the eligibility of towing businesses to be placed and remain on any list of such businesses used by the Department of State Police when it requests towing services on behalf of any person. [Formerly 181.440] PUBLIC SAFET…

As used in ORS 181A.355 to 181A.689, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Abuse” has the meaning given that term in ORS 107.705. (2) “Board” means the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training appointed pursuant to ORS 181A.360. (3) “Certified reserve officer” means a …

(1) The Governor shall appoint a Board on Public Safety Standards and Training consisting of 26 members as follows: (a) Two members who are chiefs of police recommended to the Governor by the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police; (b) One member who is a sheriff recommended to the …

(1) The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall select one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson. The vice chairperson shall act as chairperson when the chairperson is absent or unable to act. (2) The board may appoint from among its members su…

(1) An executive committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training is created consisting of the chairperson of the board and the chairpersons of the policy committees created in ORS 181A.375. (2) If necessary, the executive committee shall reconcile inconsistencies i…

(1) The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall establish the following policy committees: (a) Corrections Policy Committee; (b) Fire Policy Committee; (c) Police Policy Committee; (d) Telecommunications Policy Committee; and (e) Private Security Policy Committee. (2)…

At the request of an employee who is a public safety officer and who serves on the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training or on a policy committee established by the board, an employer shall grant leaves of absence to the employee for periods reasonably necessary for the e…

(1)(a) The Governor shall appoint the Director of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor and not be subject to the State Personnel Relations Law. (b) The person appointed as director may be selected from candi…

In carrying out its duties, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may take title to real property needed for a training academy. [Formerly 181.636]

A law enforcement unit in this state may not employ as a police officer, corrections officer, parole and probation officer or regulatory specialist, or utilize as a certified reserve officer or reserve officer, any person who has not yet attained the age of 21 years. [Formerly 18…

(1) For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may require the fingerprints of a person who: (a) Is employed or applying for employment by the department; (b) Provides servi…

(1) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly in creating the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to provide for the coordination of training programs for police officers, certified reserve officers, corrections officers and parole and probation officers and to set s…

(1) In accordance with any applicable provision of ORS chapter 183, to promote enforcement of law and fire services by improving the competence of public safety personnel and their support staffs, and in consultation with the agencies for which the Board on Public Safety Standard…

(1) The minimum standards and minimum training requirements established pursuant to ORS 181A.410 (1) do not apply to: (a) The Superintendent of State Police. (b) Any individual who is a constable of the justice court. (c) Any sheriff’s deputy appointed with authority only to rece…

Nothing in ORS 181A.355, 181A.395, 181A.405 (1), 181A.410, 181A.420 (1) and (2), 181A.425, 181A.430, 181A.470, 181A.490, 181A.500, 181A.570, 181A.580, 181A.590, 181A.630, 181A.640 and 181A.650 requires: (1) A law enforcement unit to certify individuals who are utilized by the law…

Compliance with minimum standards or minimum training recommended pursuant to ORS 181A.410 for public safety personnel, except youth correction officers, does not exempt any individual from any minimum requirement for selection or promotion as a police officer or certified reserv…

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall include in the minimum training required for basic certification as a police officer under ORS 181A.490: (a) The law, theory, policies and practices related to vehicle pursuit driving and, as facilities and funding …

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall develop, and the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall establish by rule, a statewide equity training program for police officers. (2) The department shall include the equity training described in subs…

The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall regularly review and, if necessary, update training on interacting with persons who have experienced trauma, consistent with the model training program developed by the Department of Justice under ORS 180.500, for all p…

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, in consultation with the Department of Justice, shall develop best practices for law enforcement agencies when interacting with persons who have experienced trauma. (2)(a) The best practices developed under this section …

No later than January 1 of each year, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, in consultation with the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training, shall submit to the Legislative Assembly, as provided in ORS 192.245, a report on the implementation of child abus…

Subject to the availability of funds, the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall ensure that all police officers and certified reserve officers are trained to investigate and report cases of missing children and adults. When federal training programs are made availab…

The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall ensure that all police officers and certified reserve officers are trained to: (1) Investigate, identify and report crimes: (a) Motivated by prejudice based on the perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sexual ori…

(1) The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall include training on recognizing, investigating and reporting cases involving labor trafficking and sex trafficking of children and adults in the minimum training required to obtain basic certification as a police officer…

The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall adopt rules prohibiting the training of police officers and reserve officers to use physical force that impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of another person by applying pressure on the throat or neck of…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Law enforcement agency” means a public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, that employs law enforcement officers to enforce criminal laws. (b) “Law enforcement officer” means a police officer, reserve officer or certified reserve officer, as those t…