Currently, Oregon is dead last compared to other states in number of police officers and deputy sheriffs per 100,000 citizens. The ratio of state troopers is second to last with only Florida falling behind. A [...]
2019 Session Aims to Produce Final Funding Plan for Roseburg Veterans Home; AOC and LOC Working on a Technical Assistance Bill (HB 2228) that could help communities apply for New Veterans Housing Dollars The Governor’s [...]
The Legislative session began in earnest on Tuesday (Jan 22nd). AOC is tracking about 80 bills in the Natural Resources arena, the bulk of them were pre-session filed. So, there will be more bills added [...]
County leaders often face tough budget choices around this time of year. Having to figure out how to do more with less, a county’s line item for professional development and training may be one of [...]
The 2019 Legislative session kicked off on Tuesday, January 22, as both chambers held brief floor sessions and then began the five-month work of grinding through committee meetings to advance proposed legislation toward becoming law. [...]
The AOC Public Safety and Legislative Committees unanimously supported two bills that were the product of a work group held over the past year to support mental health in law enforcement. The work group was [...]
Rural communities where the federal government owns most of their land have been strapped into the front seat of a financial roller coaster. For more than 100 years, counties with public forest lands have received [...]
Commissioners Doherty and Hall Participate in Governor Brown’s BHJRI Steering Committee Oregon’s Behavioral Health Justice Reinvestment (BHJRI) Steering Committee was created by Governor Brown in 2018 to develop a data-driven approach to address challenges in [...]
Stakeholder Spotlight: Joseph Marek The Safety Center of the National Center for Rural Road Safety is happy to introduce our readers to Stakeholder Team member Joseph Marek. Joe is the Traffic Safety Program Manager for [...]