Category Public Safety
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.
South Salem homes hit in wave of graffiti attacks, police say
Salem police are seeking tips to identify the vandal or vandals involved in spray painting graffiti on homes throughout south Salem.
Teen charged with shooting at car in northeast Salem Monday
Police say a man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after the 16-year-old boy shot at a car on Northeast Hawthorne Avenue.
Salem police release account of fatal police shootout on I-5
Police say Felipe Manzo, 31, held a man at gunpoint on the freeway just before dying in a gun battle with a state trooper.
Person killed in shooting involving state trooper on I5, police say
The Oregon State Police did not clarify in a statement who fired the shot that killed the individual, who was not identified or otherwise described.
Freeway closed at Mission Street as witnesses report shooting
Witnesses were reporting on social media accounts that there was a shooting, but that information couldn't be verified with police agencies.
35-year-old man dies in Salem prison after being found unresponsive in cell, state officials say
Oregon’s prison agency has provided little information about Jesse Banks’ death, and the state medical examiner has not disclosed how he died.
Medication-assisted treatment center expands to west Salem
Polk County residents can receive same-day prescriptions for medication to move off illegal drugs at Ideal Option’s second Salem clinic, opened last month.