Category Public Safety
Marion County Sheriff Joe Kast to retire June 30
The Marion County Board of Commissioners will appoint a successor to serve the remainder of Kast's term.
State police release account of Sunday rampage through Marion County, police shooting
Salem police suspected Andrew E. Kjostad, 34, in three separate shootings when an officer shot him during an attempted arrest, according an Oregon State Police Statement.
UPDATE: Salem officer shoots man suspected of twice shooting at officers Sunday
Police have not identified a man they say shot at law enforcement officers in two separate incidents on Sunday, April 30.
Clackamas County deputy charged with sexually abusing child in Salem
Cenobio Jauregui, 37, is accused of repeatedly molesting a child under 14. He was previously a corrections officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary, where he was promoted to corporal in 2021.
Polk County Sheriff, DA seek $4 million per year in proposed tax levy
The new levy would retain sheriff’s deputies and prosecutors hired in 2015 as an earlier public safety levy is set to expire.
UPDATE: SE Turner Road reopened to traffic
Salem police on Friday afternoon asked drivers to find alternative routes as the semi-trailer blocked northbound and southbound traffic.
Trooper justified in fatally shooting man during gun battle on I-5 in Salem, grand jury says
Felipe Amezcua Manzo pointed a laser-equipped gun at two drivers in freeway traffic and started a shootout with an Oregon State Police Trooper, according to a statement from the Marion County District Attorney’s Office.
Deputies find mail stolen from 100 Polk County residents
A Polk County grand jury has indicted three people on charges of mail theft. Court records show deputies recovered mail from 11 Salem residents.
DATA: Salem police arrests, use of force reports decline last year
The number of times Salem officers used force against people younger than 16 doubled in 2022, according to an annual Salem Police Department analysis of officers’ use of force.