SALEM — Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan was among four officials approved by Gov. Kate Brown and the Oregon Senate as new members of the Board on Public Safety Standards
Former Oregon Deputy of the Year remains on paid leave more than a year in sex abuse probe
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
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By Garrett Andrews | Bend Bulletin
A newly released police report outlines an ongoing criminal investigation into Richard “Deke” DeMars, once a fast-rising officer at the agency and Oregon’s 2007 Deputy of the Year.
“I believe there is probable cause the crime of sodomy has occurred,” wrote Lt. Aaron Wells of the Redmond Police Department. “(The alleged victim) had a clear recollection of the sexual encounter. She told friends, went to the extent of seeing a doctor and was clear communicating to DeMars and others she did not want (the sexual contact).”
DCSO honors truck-driver heroes for life-saving actions after fiery crash People should know that there are people out there that will help you
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Emotions ran high Saturday morning at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, as a pair of heroes were honored for their life-saving actions after a fiery crash east of Bend last year.
Kurtis Goldsworthy and Ray Scheradella, two of the four men responsible for saving Timothy Dunn’s life, received life-saving awards.
Dunn’s daughter, Allison, also was there, in support.
On June 10 of last year, a two-vehicle crash occurred on Highway 20E about 50 miles east of Bend.
A holding cell inside the Jackson County jail.
A new report into deaths in Oregon jails shows most people who died in 2020 had a disability, such as a mental health need. Two of the ten deaths last year took place in Jackson and Klamath Counties.
The report from Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) was an investigation into the ten identified jail deaths that occurred in the state in 2020. As Oregon’s disability watchdog group, DRO has a unique authority to obtain confidential records related to disability.
The biggest finding in the report, according to author Liz Reetz, is that nine of the ten people they identified who died last year in Oregon jails had a disability. And while the overall jail population decreased significantly because of custody reductions during the COVID-19 pandemic, she says, the number of jail deaths was higher than in recent years.
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