North Precinct Annual Report Meeting

The Portland Police Bureau's 2025 Annual Report highlights work across public safety, crime reduction, accountability, community engagement, staffing, and organizational development.

The report provides a snapshot of major public safety trends, precinct-level crime reduction efforts, public order response, behavioral health work, investigations, services, staffing, and budget priorities.

Why the precinct meetings were canceled

Community engagement and transparency remain a strong commitment of the Portland Police Bureau. Traditionally, we have held meetings in each precinct to discuss the Annual Report.

However, despite actively promoting the meetings, attendance has remained very low. At one meeting last year, only three people attended. These meetings also require significant staff time and resources to plan and present.

Chief Day has directed the Bureau to continue looking for ways to improve community engagement while also being responsible with public resources.

Precinct commanders regularly attend neighborhood association meetings that are already well attended. East Precinct also offers weekly office hours where community members can discuss public safety directly with precinct leadership.

The Bureau will continue evaluating additional ways for community members to engage with Bureau leadership and may reconsider precinct meetings before mid-September.

In the meantime, community members are encouraged to read the Annual Report or watch the presentation.

Focused Crime Reduction and Community Problem Solving

North Precinct serves approximately 240,000 residents across more than 58 square miles and nearly 900 street miles. The precinct includes residential neighborhoods, commercial districts, industrial areas, shopping centers, and major transportation corridors throughout North and Northeast Portland.

Despite ongoing staffing challenges, North Precinct continued to balance calls for service with proactive enforcement efforts designed to reduce crime and improve neighborhood livability. Patrol officers and Public Safety Support Specialists (PS3s) maintained a visible presence through walking beats and bicycle patrols in areas such as the Lloyd District, St. Johns, Parkrose, Hollywood, Delta Park, Jantzen Beach, Cascade Station, Dawson Park, and the Interstate Avenue corridor.

In 2025, North Precinct's Neighborhood Response Team conducted 25 planned missions focused on nuisance locations, retail theft, open-air criminal activity, and community-identified concerns. These efforts resulted in 328 arrests and 23 search warrants. Across 14 crime reduction and livability missions, calls for service declined 22.2%, reported offenses decreased 18.2%, and property crime dropped 29.4%.

Retail theft enforcement produced some of the precinct's most significant results. Following retail theft missions, overall retail crime decreased 38%, while shoplifting declined 40.4% during the 30 days after the operations. These focused efforts helped address concerns raised by businesses, employees, and community members throughout the precinct.

North Precinct also supported street takeover operations, emergency abatements, camp-related responses, and other coordinated public safety initiatives. Community engagement remained an important part of the precinct's strategy, helping officers build relationships, gather information, identify emerging issues, and work collaboratively with residents and businesses to address neighborhood concerns.

As North Precinct moves forward, leadership remains committed to combining targeted enforcement, problem-solving strategies, and strong community partnerships to improve safety and livability throughout North and Northeast Portland.