Over 260 people from across the state participated in the Oregon Forum on Behavioral Health and Public Safety on May 24 in Salem. Numerous county commissioners, sheriffs, and other elected officials were spotted. Thirty-two counties [...]
AOC and OJD Joint Task Force Passes Court Facilities Priority List AOC and the Oregon Judicial Department passed its list of courthouse priorities for the 2019-2021 biennium on Monday, marking the third joint process where [...]
Benton County Commissioner Xan Augerot led a delegation of county commissioners, sheriffs, and public safety stakeholders to Wasco County on April 23 to tour the Northern Oregon Regional Corrections (NORCOR) Facility - a four-county partnership [...]
AOC has generally avoided making recommendations on bills that increase or decrease sentences, however, commissioners at the AOC Public Safety Steering Committee in February were adamant about taking a position on Senate Bill 1562, which makes strangulation [...]
Hood River County Sheriff Matt English was elected president of the Oregon State Sheriffs Association at their annual meeting in December. English has served the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office since 2000 and was a [...]
County Commissioners across rural Oregon continue to press for expanded broadband access as an economic development issue. Lake County Commissioner Ken Kestner has been working to lead that charge on behalf of AOC and recently [...]
Lane County Commissioner Jay Bozievich, who co-chairs the AOC Public Safety Committee, will represent AOC on the Criminal Justice Commission’s Justice Reinvestment Grant Review Committee. The committee will meet in October to review grant applications [...]
On September 19th & 20th, AOC’s six Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC) staff members participated in a two-day Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) “train the trainer” event in The Dalles. Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. [...]
For the past three sessions, with a history dating back to the 1980s, the Legislature has debated whether or not to record grand jury proceedings. This session, it appears the Legislature will come to a [...]
Members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees toured the Marion County Jail and Marion County Circuit Annex Court on June 6, getting a firsthand glimpse of jail operations. Marion County elected officials including Commissioner [...]