Sheriff s riot squad likely to step back from crowd control
Mass defections from Portland s rapid response unit cited as sheriff s unit curbed.
Multnomah County will rein in use of its crowd control unit to police protests in the wake of the mass resignation of Portland Police Bureau s Rapid Response Team, a top union official says.
The informal commitment was made in response to concerns voiced by the county s 15-member unit, which bears the same name as the Portland RRT, said Sgt. Matt Ferguson, president of the Multnomah County Deputy Sheriffs Association, which represents the unit s members.
Ferguson said the concerns driving the informal change echoed those voiced by the Portland unit when its 50 members resigned from their controversial assignment on Wednesday, June 16: lack of support by Portland s leaders, and a feeling that District Attorney Mike Schmidt was more tolerant of rioters attacking police than of police who use force as trained and directed by manage
Multnomah jail deputy investigated over misuse of vaccination cards June 04 2021
Sheriff s investigators have searched the home of 23-year corrections deputy Robert Haney, but no charges have been filed.
The Multnomah County Sheriff s Office has launched a criminal investigation into one of its own corrections deputies over the alleged misuse of vaccination cards.
A law enforcement deputy for Sheriff Mike Reese has executed a search warrant on the home of Robert J. Haney, enlisting the help of the Clark County Sheriff s Office to do so, the Portland Tribune has learned.
In response to requests for information about the case, a spokesman for the sheriff s office issued a statement late Friday afternoon, June 4.