Category PUBLIC SAFETY
UPDATE: NE Swegle Road reopened after police response
Salem police said Monday morning that Northeast Swegle Road was closed between 45th Avenue and Princess Lane while officers responded to a report of a man in “emotional distress.”
Marion County public safety officials plan new team to address rising gang, youth violence
A review commissioned by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office found that shootings outside Salem city limits more than tripled over the last decade. The county’s public safety officials now hope to convene a multi-agency team to tackle skyrocketing gang and youth involvement in gun violence.
At Keizer Fire District, survey shows morale up, turnover down
Retention is up at the Keizer Fire District since Chief Ryan Russell took over operations in 2022.
Salem man charged with purchasing sex with minor after sting operation
Salem police say Logan Friesen, 28, was arrested Tuesday while trying to meet a detective posing as a minor. He is charged in Marion County Circuit Court with online sexual corruption of a child, luring a minor and purchasing sex with a minor.
Head Start staff walk through Salem parks to recognize Child Abuse Awareness Month
Employees of the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency’s Head Start programs took a loop Tuesday morning through Riverfront and Wallace Marine parks to spread awareness about child abuse and neglect.
Husband of cyclist killed in DEA crash sues state police, justice department
Mark Meleason alleged in a lawsuit filed March 21 in Marion County Circuit Court that failures in training, supervision and policy by Oregon’s state police and justice department resulted in a DEA agent running a stop sign and killing his wife, cyclist Marganne Allen.
Pedestrian critically injured in north Salem crash Tuesday morning
A pickup truck driver struck a 58-year-old pedestrian Tuesday morning in the Highland neighborhood, leaving him hospitalized in critical condition. The crash shut down the 1900 block of Northeast Broadway Street, Salem police said.
COLUMN: Being ready for disaster takes all of us
Mark Wardell, the leader of West Salem’s Community Emergency Response Team, explains what motivated him to start preparing for emergencies.
Police seek additional victims of Salem man charged with sex abuse of girls
Damien M. Arellano, 19, of Salem, was arrested earlier this month in California after being charged with sex crimes involving three Salem girls between 12 and 17 years old. He is now in custody at the Marion County Jail.