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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 previously evaluated 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 past evaluations of the City’s compliance with the Settlement Agreement: https://www.portlandcocl.com/reports
In 2024, the City and the Department of Justice jointly requested the appointment of an Independent Monitor. The Independent Monitor team, MPS & Associates, is now responsible for monitoring compliance with the Settlement Agreement.
View documents about the monitoring plan and a draft of the first compliance report: https://portlandpolicemonitor.com/documents/
One investigation from 2025 Q1 remains open and under 180 days. One investigation from 2024 Q4 closed in under 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 graph showing intake medians now includes expanded intake stages for cases that required additional time to complete. These expanded intakes increased the median days taken over 14 in 2023 Q3. The median days taken to complete a full investigation slightly exceeded 70 days in 2023 Q4 and 2024 Q1. These numbers may change as open investigations are completed.
New Officer-Involved Shootings and In-Custody Deaths
There were no officer-involved shootings or in-custody deaths during the first quarter of 2025.