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This year was filled with major milestones and a few missteps from Portland police, who in October found themselves under new leadership. In 2023, the number of shootings by police was down from prior years, but efforts to form a new oversight system for reviewing uses of force and misconduct is already facing opposition from police and city leadership. New (old) chief appointed Perhaps the biggest development within the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) this year.
First published: December 6 Updated: December 21 Portland police say the officer who shot 27-year-old Isaac L. Seavey on December 6 is Officer Justin Clary, who's been with the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) for 22 years. Clary is assigned to PPB's north precinct. The December 6 incident isn't the first time Clary has killed someone while on duty. In 2012, a grand jury cleared Clary of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of Billy Wayne Simms..
Updated: December 8 Portland police identified the victim shot and killed by Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers Wednesday as 27-year-old Isaac L. Seavey. Seavey was shot Wednesday morning, December 6 in an industrial district near Portland International Airport, as police were responding to a complaint of electricity theft from a nearby business. It's unclear exactly what happened in the moments prior to the shooting, but PPB confirmed an officer opened fire on an adult man.