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The Divisions and Units of the Portland Police Bureau.
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Inside the Air Support Unit Plane

Air Support Unit

Homeowner using an alarm keypad.

Alarms Unit

PPB MCU

Behavioral Health Unit

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Business Services Division

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Criminal Intelligence Unit

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Detective Division

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Equity and Inclusion Office

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Family Services Division

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Human Trafficking Unit

Photo of police drug K9 with seized cocaine.

Narcotics and Organized Crime

New Police Officers holding badges after being sworn in.

Personnel Division

A Map showing police precincts and further broken down by district.

Police Precincts

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Professional Standards Division

Photo of Property Evidence employee inspecting a tag on a bicycle.

Property and Evidence Division

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Public Safety Support Specialists

RRT officers in training.

Rapid Response Team

A police records clerk at a computer.

Records Division

SERT officer rappelling off of a building.

Special Emergency Reaction Team

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Sex Offender Registration Detail

A Portland Police PIO talking to the media.

Strategic Communications Unit

Maps and a computer

Strategic Services Division

PPB Motorcycle

Traffic Division

Police Training Complex

Training Division

Related offices, programs, and projects

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Chief's Office

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PPB Open Data

The back of a police officer with the city in the background.

Police

News

Talking Beat - Dialogue Policing is Changing Public Order Management in Portland

On today’s Talking Beat, we discuss the values of learning from the past, the elements of crowd psychology and why dialogue policing can lead to reducing violence and increasing effectiveness of policing during public order events.

Blog post

Professor Stott and two Portland Police DLOs
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