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Gov. Brown to consider trimming prison sentences for inmates who fought wildfires as reward for serving state ‘in time of crisis’
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
Gov. Kate Brown visits the Marion County and Salem Health COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem, Oregon. Abigail Dollins/The Salem Statesman Journal
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The Department of Corrections has identified 164 people who are eligible.
Jennifer Black, a department spokeswoman, said hundreds of incarcerated men and women “worked extremely hard to protect people, property and natural resources” during last year’s wildfires. She said agency leaders are reviewing the fire crew lists to see who meets “all aspects of the Governor’s criteria.”
March 09 2021
One officer s saga - from sitting on a committee that oversees police conduct to his resignation under fire - highlights calls for reform.
On May 18, 2019, a longtime member of the most influential police oversight body in Oregon, Officer Craig Halupowski, got ready to arrest a man accused of making threats at the local mall in Woodburn.
Walking toward the man, the cop looked around to make sure nobody but his two fellow officers could hear, according to a subsequent investigation. If he resists, we beat the s out of him, Halupowski said, according to a video from a coworker s body camera.