The University of Oregon Police Department adopted several operational changes, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including greater health precautions taken by UOPD officers and increased campus security.

Onyx, the University of Oregon Police Department’s dog, will soon be returning to active on-campus duty, UOPD Chief Matthew Carmichael said in an interview with the Emerald.

The state of Oregon adopted a new hate and bias crime law in January 2020 to improve data reporting and access for reporting instances of hate and bias incidents. Accompanying the new law is a hotline where victims of bias crimes and incidents can report, supplementing the option to report o…

The University of Oregon Police Department recently implemented a new Vulnerable Persons Registry, a voluntary document allowing people to share information with the police about individuals with intellectual disabilities in case of a police encounter.

Something did not sit well with the Child Welfare Office staff at the Department of Human Services when they noticed parallels between their active cases in the summer of 2018. Their suspicions laid the foundation for an inter-agency task force, which went on to uncover a child sex trafficki…