Investigation Timeliness
The Settlement Agreement with the United States Department of Justice requires investigations into police misconduct be completed in 180 days. IPR has smaller goals within the 180 days for each stage of an investigation.
The group that evaluates compliance with the Settlement Agreement deemed the City in substantial compliance with the timeliness requirement in their report on the third quarter of 2023.
View evaluations of the City’s compliance with the Settlement Agreement: https://www.portlandcocl.com/reports
Four investigations from 2024 Q2 remain open and under 180 days. One investigation from 2024 Q1 closed in under 180 days and another three remain open and will be added to the chart as they close or exceed 180 days.
Each stage of an investigation has its own timeliness goal. IPR is responsible for the intake investigation (14 day goal) and retains some cases for full investigation (70 day goal). The median days taken to complete a full investigation exceeded 70 days in 2023 Q2. These numbers may change as open investigations are completed.
New Officer-Involved Shootings and In-Custody Deaths
There were two officer-involved shootings during the second quarter of 2024.
Richard Shawn Perez was shot and killed on May 6th, 2024 after officers were shot at while serving a search warrant on a house believed to be related to an armed robbery.
Patrick W. Myers was shot and injured on May 29th, 2024 after officers executed a search warrant affiliated with a sex crimes investigation. Officers fired when Myers exited his house with a rifle.